A short history of the internet | National Science and Media Museum

Did you know they had internet even in the mid 80s? Connecting to the internet at that time meant dialing into a network using a modem, connecting your phone and computer which converted digital data into analog signals transmitted over telephone lines. Speeds were painfully slow, and you often had to deal with busy signals and line drops. Users accessed early online services like bulletin boards (BBS) and even email, The technology was primitive, but it laid the foundation for the internet age