Who was your first ISP?

Topgun · 17 May 2006 at 20:45

Ah the good ol' days of free 0800s. Do you guys remember the one that was pretty reliable but cut you off after 20mins. I think it may have been pipex than ran it.

crashuk · 17 May 2006 at 20:48

was that tempo? free internet in the evenings?

cyclopopcicle · 17 May 2006 at 20:52

screaming.net
it was free after 6pm and free local calls after 6pm also
was a great way to get into online goodness

crashuk · 17 May 2006 at 20:55

cyclopopcicle said:
screaming.net
it was free after 6pm and free local calls after 6pm also
was a great way to get into online goodness

lol they were owned by tempo they went bust.

benjo plz. · 17 May 2006 at 20:56

FreeServe, have now been taken over by Wanadoo.

NathanE · 17 May 2006 at 20:57

AOL (don't laugh, there were very few alternatives back then!) and then after getting kicked off I went to "Global Internet". Not longer after that FRIACO started getting going and Claranet released their "Free Weekend" deal. Then FRIACO went 24/7 and Freeserve were one of the best at the time for 24/7 dialup.

In between all that I was dabbling with hacked RedHotAnt and screaming.net accounts

Luseac · 17 May 2006 at 21:00

Freeserve > Whsmith online > AOL (upgraded to broadband in '04)...

Cuchulain · 17 May 2006 at 21:02

Pipex Dial, years and YEARS ago (when they were actually good)

Andybtsn · 17 May 2006 at 21:04

Compuserve...

Anyone use them?

JustinW · 17 May 2006 at 21:07

BT Internet as it was back then.

Justin.

Gman · 17 May 2006 at 21:31

My first was Global internet think you had to pay a subscription plus the usualy telephone rate, didn't use it a great deal though back then.

cyclopopcicle · 17 May 2006 at 22:24

crashuk said:
lol they were owned by tempo they went bust.

now tiscali
but i left well before that happened

WOMBATWILSON · 17 May 2006 at 23:06

compuserve & totalise all those days ago

tolien · 17 May 2006 at 23:08

Madasafish/Plusnet/Freeserve PAYG dialup, then ic24 free, then Plusnet FRIACO.

PureAppleJuice · 17 May 2006 at 23:14

AOL in 1997/1998, sometime around then.

BT Openworld ADSL in March 2001 512 down, 256 up - £50 a month and £150 to install :eek:

Phil99 · 17 May 2006 at 23:19

BT PAYG (56k)
Freeserve Anytime (56k)
Tiscali free month (56k)
Eclipse Internet (512k -> 1mbps -> 2mbps -> 5mbps ADSL)

Messiah Khan · 17 May 2006 at 23:39

Freeserve I think... 14.4Kbps

jamoor · 18 May 2006 at 01:21

metalmackey said:
Hi,

Just a quick poll (i'm bored). Who was your first ISP and are they still around?

My first ISP was called Direct Connection (dircon.co.uk) and I don't think they are still around. there was no subscription (paid only for the phone calls) and I got a free 33k modem.

Same here!
we paid 12.99 I think for a month.

I remember this
http://web.archive.org/web/19961102115158/http://www.dircon.co.uk/

Stellios · 18 May 2006 at 01:36

Compuserve 56k when it was summit like 3p a minute.

Then BT dial up

The freeserve dial up for a long time

Then tiscali 256k BB

Then PlusNet 2mb BB

Moving the TalkTalk in July

8 I3ALL · 18 May 2006 at 01:42

crashuk said:
so no1 ever used x-streme or xtreme the 1st free 0800 dail up service? it had adverts and stuff to pay for t=your time on line.

yeah i used them but the 2 hour kick was a pain

i remember for some reason i wasnt kicked and spent 3 1/2 days connected