Yes you are dating yourself, and yes I am dating myself, and
   yes, I remember them very well smile emoticon

   1988 300bps modem was my gateway to the world. BBS's, PC-Link,
   then Internet, Usenet and BITNET in 1990-91, back to BBS' for
   years and I even ran a Waffle BBS for a few years JUST to get my
   own Usenet feed and my own email address.

   The day broadband came for me, was the best day. I hated when
   people got mad that I tied up the phone line, and I had to do
   most of my messaging to people via offline messaging packets.
   (Bluewave and QWK)... and SOUP .