Period
Personal computers, compact discs, and the first consumer networks reached homes and offices in this period. Digital formats began to replace analog ones, and the public internet emerged toward the end, setting up many of the online services and habits that later became routine.
Placed by when the older technology emerged. Many of these stayed in wide use long afterward.
Access and Infrastructure
Dial-Up Internet compared with Fiber Connections
Dial-up sent data as audible tones across a line built for voices, while fiber sends pulses of light through hair-thin glass. This article follows…
