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.
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.