Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Paula S's avatar

Wow! That certainly brought back memories. One thing I remember most is after waiting and listening to that lovely AOL sound while it was connecting, (after about 5 minutes) it finally connected and said those greatly anticipated words "You've Got Mail", I was ecstatic that I was connected to the internet after only 5 minutes!!! Today, waiting more than 5 seconds means the site is not uploading efficiently. It certainly makes me appreciate the speed we have today.

Expand full comment
Ray's avatar

A couple interesting tidbits Bill, I have a house in Bristol Rhode Island that I bought 4 years ago and I love the fact that at high tide the state grows by about a third. As far as AOL goes, I was in the same class as Steve Case who started AOL and was the gut who made all that money n the merger. We all used to tease him because he spent so much time in the computer lab, but it looks like the jokes on us!

Expand full comment
2 more comments...

No posts