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**Agent Smith** · 15-05-2012, 08:01

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As Facebook – just a baby at eight – hurtles towards one of the most momentous IPOs in tech industry history, it almost went unobserved today that the internet as we know it in Ireland, at least, is 20 years old today.
Ireland's first ISP Ireland On-Line was formed out of Barry Flanagan's house in Galway on 15 May 1992. Flanagan, as he outlines in his blog, had no working capital except his credit card and nine months worth of dreams.
He recalls: "The aim was as simple as the name suggests - I wanted to put Ireland online. To bring the World to Ireland, and Ireland to the World.
“The Internet was as yet unheard of except within the hallowed halls of academia, but I was convinced that this global network had the potential to transform this country, and would ultimately affect every aspect of our lives and businesses, and allow a new generation of Irish to remain in Ireland yet enjoy the benefits of a global economy and opportunity," Flanagan said.
He says the Ireland of 1992 was vastly different from the place it is in 2012. "Looking back 20 years later, I am amazed at how much of what I predicted and imagined has come to pass. We live in an Ireland today which, although beset by some short-term setbacks, has been transformed in terms of our ability to transcend our borders and small population. Our opportunities are global, and our reach infinite."
When Flanagan began Ireland On-line he had the honour of leading and shaping an entirely new industry. The only rule was: there were no rules.

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms...-in-ireland-is

So when were you hooked up? I remember the date we got it into our house, 14/09/2001 - Just after the World trade centre attacks

**Agent Smith** · 15-05-2012, 08:06

*tallus* · 15-05-2012, 08:08

1999 eircom dial up... Oh the heady 5KB per second mp3 downloads bring back (bad) memories.

galwayrush · 15-05-2012, 08:09

I remember it taking over an hour to download a 3 minute song..

Balmed Out · 15-05-2012, 08:11

Set up an email address in 95/96 with my wang 386 sx.

I remember the alta vista search engine and some Irish pub chat room and thats about all

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 15-05-2012, 08:11

dont remember when we got it in the house... was early enough as mam already had a computer/modem for work stuff so getting the IOL cd was all we needed

I remember the first time I tried the internet was on a st patricks day in a tiny net cafe in dublin. I had a little "guide to the internet" book and I tried to look up X-files stuff.
was awesome.

Robxxx7 · 15-05-2012, 08:15

What we have Internet !! When did that happen

**danniemcq** · 15-05-2012, 08:17

20...

I don't feel so bad w*nking over it now

galwayrush · 15-05-2012, 08:20

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Originally Posted by danniemcq

20...

I don't feel so bad w*nking over it now

Diall up wanking??
Suppose it did last longer.

rubberdiddies · 15-05-2012, 08:20

First hooked up in August 1996 with club internet and a borrowed 14.4k modem. I thought it was the dogs b****x at the time. The sound of the dial up, eventually connecting after 6 attempts, the 5 mins to load up a grainy picture and the £100+ phone bills that my parents were none too pleased about.

Had my first website up and running in October that year and all. I was such a nerd.

Good times

TeresaDarling · 15-05-2012, 08:23

I first got the internet in 1998 I was pregnant and on bed rest, I had great fun playing on it for hours every day on Eircom dial up, then we got the bill £550, it was nearly as much as the mortgage, my husband banned me from using it

I was one of the first to get broadband, it took about 18 hours to download and install, everything was left to download overnight, the first broadband was quicker, it only took 1 minutes to load a page instead of 3 but regularly lept back to dial up when you were not looking and another mad phone bill

TeresaDarling · 15-05-2012, 08:37

That reminds me when clearwire came out, no ethernet cables but it took 3 of you 1 to watch pc signal, 1 to hold box up to the window and 1 to shout through the house

When you finally found the best reception in the corner of a window, out came the nails, sellotape and string

Sky King · 15-05-2012, 08:39

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Originally Posted by galwayrush

Diall up wanking??
Suppose it did last longer.

C'MON! LOAD DAMN YOU! LOAD!

I think I can see a bit of nip...

**danniemcq** · 15-05-2012, 08:48

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Originally Posted by Sky King

C'MON! LOAD DAMN YOU! LOAD!

I think I can see a bit of nip...

and just as you splurge you realise that its the guys....

CJC999 · 15-05-2012, 08:51

March 1998 my dad bought a computer and set it up for the internet. I had no real interest in it at first and i'd say it was a few months before i bothered with it and even then it was only to have a quick look at something and then leave it. My dad however was well into it and spent a few hours each night thrawling through ebay for bargains (that was when ebay was used by private sellers and there was genuine stuff to be found and not like now when its over run by commercial sellers) I think i got broadband in around 2002/2003 and TBH didnt notice a whole lot of difference over dial up as i was using Onspeed with dial-up which sped up the connection considerably.

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Sir Digby Chicken Caesar Banned Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Carlow Posts: 20,517 Adverts \| Friends	dont remember when we got it in the house... was early enough as mam already had a computer/modem for work stuff so getting the IOL cd was all we needed I remember the first time I tried the internet was on a st patricks day in a tiny net cafe in dublin. I had a little "guide to the internet" book and I tried to look up X-files stuff. was awesome.

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rubberdiddies Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 332 Adverts \| Friends	First hooked up in August 1996 with club internet and a borrowed 14.4k modem. I thought it was the dogs b****x at the time. The sound of the dial up, eventually connecting after 6 attempts, the 5 mins to load up a grainy picture and the £100+ phone bills that my parents were none too pleased about. Had my first website up and running in October that year and all. I was such a nerd. Good times

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TeresaDarling Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Dublin Posts: 35 Adverts \| Friends	I first got the internet in 1998 I was pregnant and on bed rest, I had great fun playing on it for hours every day on Eircom dial up, then we got the bill £550, it was nearly as much as the mortgage, my husband banned me from using it I was one of the first to get broadband, it took about 18 hours to download and install, everything was left to download overnight, the first broadband was quicker, it only took 1 minutes to load a page instead of 3 but regularly lept back to dial up when you were not looking and another mad phone bill

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TeresaDarling Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Dublin Posts: 35 Adverts \| Friends	That reminds me when clearwire came out, no ethernet cables but it took 3 of you 1 to watch pc signal, 1 to hold box up to the window and 1 to shout through the house When you finally found the best reception in the corner of a window, out came the nails, sellotape and string

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CJC999 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,964 Adverts \| Friends	March 1998 my dad bought a computer and set it up for the internet. I had no real interest in it at first and i'd say it was a few months before i bothered with it and even then it was only to have a quick look at something and then leave it. My dad however was well into it and spent a few hours each night thrawling through ebay for bargains (that was when ebay was used by private sellers and there was genuine stuff to be found and not like now when its over run by commercial sellers) I think i got broadband in around 2002/2003 and TBH didnt notice a whole lot of difference over dial up as i was using Onspeed with dial-up which sped up the connection considerably.