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On Sun, 18 May 2025 22:46:58 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded
<*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

>> Cost of data plans were thru the roof then.
>
>Mobile web wasn't a thing.

I should have said SMS

"After 9 and weekends, plus $.10 a text"
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fswn5gu0rqet61.jpg

Article:
https://theweek.com/articles/469869/text-message-turns-20-brief-history-sms

Around 2000, there were cable companies with internet, but overloaded
during primetime.