The ‘90s Internet: When 20 hours online triggered an email from my ISP’s president

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1998 plea for restraint reveals a lost world where the 'Net was an opt-in experience.

The ‘90s Internet: When 20 hours online triggered an email from my ISP’s president::1998 plea for restraint reveals a lost world where the 'Net was an opt-in experience.

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20 hours.... ..... ........what were you doing?!
- Downloading a short video?
- Downloading Linux
- Downloading Slackware.
- I'll give you 69 guesses
  
  ...pixel line...
  ...pixel line...
  ...pixe- nipple!!!
  
  Interlaced GIF was a godsend. You got the low res naughty bits early.
  
  And by the time it’s done downloading in its full 320x180 glory, you’re ready to go again!
- Didn't RTA.
- Some sort of game, idling for gold.

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