I’m new to the internet. Only got access to it 3 years ago. Didn’t own a smartphone until last year. I’m curious how it was for people who discovered it earlier.

  • Angry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Several services had onramps to segments of ARPAnet like GENiE and Compuserve, plus a lot of universities offered SLIP accounts you could dial in to them from home or your dorm and then use them as an arpanet gateway. A lot of universities kept those accounts open even after graduation