Idk around here it's more a differenc between GenZ and Millenials. I'm barely a Millennial almost Gen-Z. Do I remember before it existed? No. Do I remember a time before anyone had it? Yes. Nobody besides people that needed it for work and rich folks paid for internet until the mid-late 00s around here (Midwest) it was just too expensive. We went to the library to use it. Zoomers on the other hand, had it on their phones as soon as they were old enough to have one.
You guys didn't even have dial-up in the Midwest until the mid-late 00s? Considering the ubiquity of the AOL floppies in the mid-90s I find that hard to believe (unless it was all long-distance numbers, which I remember could be a problem).
We had it but I would guess less than 20% of the town had it till about 06-08. Mind you, rural town of 720 people. Ironically a few years after most people finally had DSL, we were picked as a testbed for fiber optic a few years before all the surrounding larger towns got it. Small town is easier for testing purposes.
The internet always needed to be something you go to a specific place to use, not something you have in your pocket 24 hours/day.
That IMO is the true dividing line between Gen X and Millennial: do you remember a time before the internet?
Idk around here it's more a differenc between GenZ and Millenials. I'm barely a Millennial almost Gen-Z. Do I remember before it existed? No. Do I remember a time before anyone had it? Yes. Nobody besides people that needed it for work and rich folks paid for internet until the mid-late 00s around here (Midwest) it was just too expensive. We went to the library to use it. Zoomers on the other hand, had it on their phones as soon as they were old enough to have one.
You guys didn't even have dial-up in the Midwest until the mid-late 00s? Considering the ubiquity of the AOL floppies in the mid-90s I find that hard to believe (unless it was all long-distance numbers, which I remember could be a problem).
We had it but I would guess less than 20% of the town had it till about 06-08. Mind you, rural town of 720 people. Ironically a few years after most people finally had DSL, we were picked as a testbed for fiber optic a few years before all the surrounding larger towns got it. Small town is easier for testing purposes.
I'm on the older end of millennial (born before 1984), and I didn't get regular internet until about 1998.
Yes, I do remember. Playing baseball on the cul-de-sac I used to live on, for example.