Broadband celebrates its tenth birthday in Britain this week.
Britain's first broadband customer, single parent Mark Bush, was NTL's first customer for broadband testing back in March 2000 (NTL is now Virgin Media).
Prior to having broadband, Bush was spending £300 a month on a dial-up connection. Remember those?
Surfing the pipe
Mr Bush told BBC news: "It was pretty impressive in the early days, having the whole pipe to myself."
Mr Bush had set up a website about combat flight which soon developed into a flight simulation game with 1.2m visitors a month at its peak.
"When I first signed up I thought broadband would be something that would help with my gaming," said Mr Bush, but now he uses the computer to interact with his kids..
"Traditionally there would have been a generation gap - a 47 year old Dad would have little in common with a 17 year old son and 14 year old daughter," he said. "But we have the internet in common... without it I would probably see less of my kids."
Via BBC
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adamh128
March 29th 2010
2. We've had broadband for more than 10 years - I've been in my current job for over 10 years and I had my first ADSL BB before I left my last job!
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madjedi
March 29th 2010
1. Surely thats £30 per month not £300?! I was only thinking the other day how long have I had broadband for. I think it must be about 9 years if it launched 10 years ago!
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