User blog comment:Shadowgeoff/Some Random News Blog/@comment-3432330-20111204024531/@comment-1874924-20111204175030

I began using the Internet in the late 90s, not too long after the World Wide Web (the most accessible and graphics-rich part of the Internet) came into prominence. I originally used it mainly for e-mail and for tracking my investment portfolio. 56K dial-up access was around then, but the wiring in my parents' house was so old that my actual connection speed was rarely anything close to that. When I finally had a job secure enough that I could strike out on my own, I stayed with dial-up for several years because I was able to upload my sports photos (the only reason I needed broadband at the time) from the office where I worked. I finally went to broadband at home about four years ago, when my employer changed its computer use policies to prohibit connecting any personal devices (such as flash drives) to the company's computers.