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Re:I Miss the Old Internet by travisl12 on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @06:56PM (#21403855)
I miss the old internet, but if I had the magic to go back to 1997 to browse for a bit I'd be over it in about 30 minutes. Just like I'd be over Mac OS System 7.5 in about 10 minutes, or my SNES, or Darkwing Duck, and on and on.

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Re:I Miss the Old Internet by icedchai on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @07:10PM (#21403995)
The early Internet was less crowded and less commercialized. There were often local communities, organized around local BBSes and ISPs. That is what I miss.

I certainly don't miss Netscape crashing every 10 minutes, and waiting for downloads over my 33.6k modem.

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