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View Poll Results: How long have you used the internet for?
I'm a new user (under a year) 161 5.66%
1-2 years 130 4.57%
2-4 years 181 6.36%
4-7 years 428 15.05%
7-10 years 581 20.43%
Over 10 years 1,363 47.93%
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      25th Nov 2007
How many years have you used the internet for? Are you one of the lucky ones that used the internet 13 years ago and got pages like this:

http://www.microsoft.com/misc/featur...flshbk_hp1.htm

It's hard to believe that was such a short time ago!
 
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      26th Nov 2007
Started '96. Compuserve >> Cable & Wireless briefly, AOL for six years (all on dialup) then Broadband with Zen since March 03.

 
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      26th Nov 2007
We began back in February 2001 on dial-up; first with Freeserve, then, following a very brief dalliance with AOL (lasting for just a few months) we switched to Clara.net with whom whom we were very happy for about four years, until our recent switch to ADSL (with ADSL24 - so far, very pleased with them.)

Must have been very interesting back in those early days
 
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      26th Nov 2007
Been using since late 1995 was with Demon.net for 2 years on a 28.8kbps Modem then went over to Tesco.net in 97 cause it was way cheaper at 2p a minute on Dial-up in those days...Could you imagine how much it would cost now if it was by the minute..

Would love to know who all these people are that reckon they been on the net for over 10 years, Got a very large majority, I think most are dreaming as the internet as we know it didn't really become mainstream until around 98-1999 before that it was only the minority that owned a PC and very few even knew what the Internet was..

 



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      26th Nov 2007
I ticked the 10 year box, but only just Had a website in 1997

First with UK Online (I think?) on Win95 and then AOL for a couple of years. Freeserver, then BT Internet to BT Broadband for a good long while. Now with Demon.net
 
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      26th Nov 2007
AOL dial up from '97, long and arduous NTL broadband relationship from 2001 to present day

 



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      26th Nov 2007
hmmm can't seem to vote, keeps timing out on me and saying theres a VB error!?

think i've had the net about 7 or 8 years, first started on tiscali dial-up eventualy upgraded to their broadband, think we moved to plusnet a couple of years ago and now onto Be

 
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      26th Nov 2007
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hmmm can't seem to vote, keeps timing out on me and saying theres a VB error!?
What was the error you got? I'd be really grateful if you could paste it in the feedback thread and I'll check it out
 
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      26th Nov 2007
ok thats weird its just worked

gues you dont need to worry about it

 
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      26th Nov 2007
Started in 2002 with Bush TV internet . Used it to buy a secondhand pc from e-bay and used dial-up from AOL. Then AOL broadband which I still use . An I get good service from them too .


 

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