It's a little bit strange to say but since I started using the internet 9 years ago in 2000 when I won my first modem in school some things have really changed the internet.
When I got that modem I also got my first account with an ISP. It was bundled with the modem and part of my prize. I could also choose for a gift card to buy a CD but I decided to take the modem. And I'm happy I did it.
At that time it was the time of free internet. You didn't have to pay for your connection to the internet on a monthly base. You only had to pay the telephone bill. I still have this subscription but since we have cable internet I haven't been using it for many years. I only use the subscription to receive my e-mails.
That takes me to a second thing that has changed over the years. In 2000 I didn't use webmail but I used Outlook Express because it made it possible to read your mail when you where offline. But since I started using Gmail a couple of years ago I stopped using offline mail programs for most of my mail messages. Webmail has taken a new step. They have bigger accounts, almost no ads, better search and you can visit them from every single place that is connected to the internet. I even read my mails on my mobile phone since last summer.
And because sometimes you need a new computer, you also need to transfer you e-mail too. And I must say that when I moved from Outlook Express to Thunderbird I've lost some of them. After some time I noticed that I had a few blank messages. But it was too late to recover them because the other computer didn't had them stored anymore.
More of this in The web is changing - part 2.
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