Fifteen years ago, in 1996, I was still in middle school. We had one computer (a really old Apple) in our house and logging onto AOL was by dial-up only, took at least five minutes and ended with that cheerful voice saying, \u201cYou\u2019ve got mail!\u201d (Anyone miss this?) The Internet has definitely changed a lot, and for the better, in a decade and a half.<\/p>\n
For those of you interested in a visual representation of those changes, check out this wonderful infographic by Online University comparing the Internet of 1996 to today.<\/p>\n
Some highlights:<\/p>\n
In 1996, Americans spent 30 minutes per month surfing the web. Today, that number has skyrocketed to 27 hours.<\/p>\n
Netscape claimed the third spot on a list of most popular site in \u201996. I can barely remember what that is.<\/p>\n
It now only takes 6 seconds for a page to load as compared to the 30 seconds it took back in the day.<\/p>\n
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