I'm back from my huff

Anyway in 1996 I did the launch for the first 'all you can eat' consumer dial-up service in the UK. We had an ad which said 'Surf til your Bum goes numb' Guess which newspaper wouldn't run it.

I'd done a website about two years prior to that but I reckon mid-90s is when most people started becoming aware and working for an ISP I also know that it was almost impossible not to sell it to business.

I saw a chart really recently about this - i'll see if I can dig it out.

Posted By: camcan on June 30th 2010 at 12:44:01

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Right, how many of you buggers can remember when tinternet started (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 30, 12:32:33
- Used its precedessor ARPA net in 1973 (General Chat) - Claygate_Canary, Jun 30, 16:23:40
- Somewhere round 96? On my Mitac laptop! (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 30, 13:46:03
- '95 in first year at university. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 30, 12:50:01
- First time I used it was 94 (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 30, 12:48:45
  - But first time really using it regularly in 96 I spus (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 30, 12:49:36
- I just know that Berners-Lee created it (General Chat) - pants, Jun 30, 12:46:17
- i used it a couple of times at CRC in 96, but don't remember too much about it (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 30, 12:44:38
- I'm back from my huff (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 30, 12:44:01
  - Not much of a huff (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 30, 13:49:01
    - I am actually really bad at sulking (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 30, 13:52:11
      - That's cos the bloke was being a tit. (General Chat) - Arganth, Jun 30, 14:02:25
        
        Yes (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 30, 14:05:55
  - i've just googled 'Surf til your Bum goes numb' (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 30, 12:47:48
  - I saw your huff but couldn't trace what it was all about. Something to do with "Doris"? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 30, 12:47:47
- I remember going back from work thinking 'Tonight I'm going on the World Wide Web' (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Jun 30, 12:38:50
  - I didn't have a poota at home then. Used a Mac L50 at work - twas state of the art then:-( (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 30, 12:46:25
- 1996 for me (General Chat) - thirdlion, Jun 30, 12:35:56

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