At what age did you start using internet?

@hh9905 (1275)
Malaysia
January 23, 2007 5:03am CST
When was the first time you're exposed to the internet? As for me, it was when I was 17 years old, back in the 90s.
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
21 Feb 07
I was exposed to the internet when i was 17 years old, that was 1999. Back then all i do was chat in the mirc and search for pictures and songs of the anime sailormoon. i had a lot and lots and lots of diskettes where i stored my sailormoon pictures since cd and USB were not yet widely used then. all those diskettes are damaged now.
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@hh9905 (1275)
• Malaysia
21 Feb 07
I also like to chat on mirc back then. Later when i was introduced to messanger that i stopped using mirc.
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
21 Feb 07
i think i was introduced to messanger only after 3 years. coz i got tired of chatting and instead focused on collecting more anime pictures. lol during the times i got tied up with the computer doing school reports and stuff, that's when i got to know about messanger.
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@shogunly (1397)
• Libya
21 Feb 07
Maybe in the year 2000 ,the first time I saw for myself what all the hype was about . The friend in whose home I was had a modem dialup connection ,but even as slow as it was ,it was wonderful . As internet became more available from cybercafes I started using it more and more ,I eventually got a dialup connection at home . But the REAL online experience only started 10 months ago when I got an ADSL broadband connection ,I go online several times a day ,instead of several times a week before that !
@shogunly (1397)
• Libya
21 Feb 07
Thank you ,that's very nice of you !
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@hh9905 (1275)
• Malaysia
21 Feb 07
Good for you. The faster the connection is, the better yeah.. Congratulations on your upgrading of the internet connection. Am so happy for you!
@unisis (1673)
• Indonesia
21 Feb 07
i starting to use internet when i was 40 years old cause when i was young the internet in not populair,i know the internet in my office,my manager give me authorization for using internet.
@hh9905 (1275)
• Malaysia
22 Feb 07
Well done..You are not afraid of the technology..I must congratulate you for this..!!
@mjgarcia (725)
• United States
21 Feb 07
For me it was about 2000. My husband has been on the internet back before it was the internet. It was bulletin boards then.
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@hh9905 (1275)
• Malaysia
21 Feb 07
Your husband must be really advanced than all of us here.
@Demonix (294)
• Canada
20 Feb 07
My first experience on the internet was probably about 11 or 12 years ago now, I was about 10 or 11 and my mom decided to introduce me to the internet, needless to say at first the experience was not really an enjoyable one as I knew nothing about the internet and she told me nothing, she just signed me up for a yahoo account and said there your on the internet, and having no idea how to access anything outside of yahoo I ened up learning quite quckly
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@hh9905 (1275)
• Malaysia
21 Feb 07
Wow, and now look at what you've discovered over the internet. Congratulations!
• Canada
21 Feb 07
I started using the internet when I was 3 years old too look at thomas the train and stuff lol
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@hh9905 (1275)
• Malaysia
21 Feb 07
Oh wow, that's pretty young. Good for you!
• Australia
2 Feb 07
when i was 13
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@Metallion (2227)
• United States
23 Jan 07
I would say it was back in the mid to late 80's, back then though it wasn't with browsers and all, it was local BBS's that people used.
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@hh9905 (1275)
• Malaysia
23 Jan 07
wow..wonder what was i doing at that time..playing hide and seek i guessed. :-)
@mr_ular (842)
• Malaysia
3 Feb 07
I started using internet at the age of 16. I had an assignment so instead of going to the library, i seek my sister's help to find materials on the internet. I was glad that i was exposed to the internet quite early (that was around in the early 90s too). Then i started teaching my friends when i was in foundation year.
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@mr_ular (842)
• Malaysia
19 Feb 07
It was back in the 90's that i started using the internet.
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• United States
16 Feb 07
I didn't start using the internet until i got to my 9th grade year in high school. That's when i needed the internet the most, because of school work, and projects. I used the internet only for my school work and nothing else. I wasn't very interested in the internet that much.
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@macky7 (317)
• Philippines
21 Feb 07
i started using the internet when i was 12 o 13 yrs. old. it was taught in school and so i started learning it and using it.
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@leahmae (105)
• Australia
21 Feb 07
let me see... i think it was in the late 90's. 1998 to be exact.
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@f3rcho (258)
• Argentina
16 Feb 07
My dad is an electronic engineer so he's really into the internet. That's why I've been using internet since I was 7 or 8 yrs, back in the 90's too.
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@owens07 (325)
• Puerto Rico
21 Feb 07
about 24 in the 90s
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• India
26 Jan 07
me was i think 13-14 around 6-7 yeats back
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@brimia (6581)
• United States
25 Feb 07
I think I was around 19 when I first used the internet.
@xXmeganxX (4417)
26 Jan 07
hi, the first time i actually used a computer was when i was in school, i was about 15 i think, then i went on into college and done a computer course because i enjoyed using them, and when i was 18 i got my own computer at home and i find it has alot of helpful information for me! :)
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@meoasis (720)
• Nepal
26 Jan 07
yea me the same when i was 17 but not in the 90s its been just few years
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@magarboyz (568)
• Nepal
2 Feb 07
well i started using net at the age of 13.at first i didnt new about net so i used to only play games in computer but after my sister taught abit to surf internet i than surf net.
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• Philippines
26 Jan 07
20 y/o. Internet and networking is just emerging technologies in the market during those times.
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