{"id":97748,"date":"2019-10-23T11:16:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T18:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=97748"},"modified":"2019-10-23T12:27:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T19:27:57","slug":"public-internet-access-brief-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/public-internet-access-brief-history","title":{"rendered":"Public Internet Access: Brief history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reader, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/profile\/Tamia-Boyden\">Tamia Boyden<\/a> asks this question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>In the 90s, how could we access the internet without WiFi?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This post began as an answer to that question at Quora. In the process of answering, I compiled this history of public, residential Internet access. Whether you lived through this fascinating social and technical upheaval or simply want to explore the roots of a booming social phenomenon, I hope you will find the timeline and evolution as interesting as I do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have included my answer to Tamia\u2019s question, below. But first, let\u2019s get a quick snapshot of the highlights. This short bullet-list focuses on technical milestones, but the history below, explains the context, social phenomenon and implications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a class=\\'blog-photo\\' href=\"https:\/\/awildduck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/history_of_internet_01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/awildduck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/history_of_internet_01-300x161.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6350\" width=\"322\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/public-internet-access-brief-history\">Continue reading \u201cPublic Internet Access: Brief history\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reader, Tamia Boyden asks this question: In the 90s, how could we access the internet without WiFi? This post began as an answer to that question at Quora. In the process of answering, I compiled this history of public, residential Internet access. Whether you lived through this fascinating social and technical upheaval or simply want [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":353,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1528,32,418,13,16],"tags":[3627,3628,3635,3630,2159,3626,3633,3634,3629,3632,3636,3631,3454,3460],"class_list":["post-97748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-disruptive-technology","category-education","category-internet","category-open-access","category-open-source","tag-300-bps","tag-56k","tag-arpanet","tag-fiberoptic","tag-internet","tag-internet-history","tag-internet-origins","tag-isdn","tag-modem","tag-mouse","tag-tepehone-modem","tag-tim-berners-lee-vincent-cerf","tag-wi-fi","tag-wifi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/353"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97748"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97756,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97748\/revisions\/97756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}