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highplainsdem

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3. Only a tiny percentage of the population had access to it. Usenet didn't exist till 1980. The World Wide Web

Reply to underpants (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 4, 2026, 05:11 PM

11 hrs ago

Last edited Sat Jul 4, 2026, 05:56 PM - Edit history (1)

didn't exist till the end of the '80s. Before the Web, it was sometimes necessary to have multiple ISP accounts - which could get expensive - to stay in touch online with family, friends and business connections using different ISPs.

Correction: Online services, not ISPs.

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John Fugelsang: America at 250: The Best & Worst of Everything, Turned up to 11 [View all] highplainsdem 12 hrs ago OP

Gave me much to think about. Biophilic 12 hrs ago #1

Great read. I will point out that there was internet in 1976 underpants 11 hrs ago #2

Only a tiny percentage of the population had access to it. Usenet didn't exist till 1980. The World Wide Web highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #3

I'm just saying. Correct me if I'm wrong... underpants 10 hrs ago #4

You're right that ARPANET got started that early, and to transmit that sort of info. highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #5