Scary. Showerthoughts yesterday morning, I was going through the litany of dialup ISPs that came and went in this lovely state. I believe I was a customer of each one of them.
Started out with Agate.net (I think they went under which is why I moved on), then WebWorx, then Mint.net (they had Quake2 servers which kicked ass, used to play all the time with a highschool buddy), then Wtvl.net (waterville online), then Mint.net (Maine Internet Works) just prior to going to college. Mint got bought by Adelphia, who then became Time Warner Cable.
I created my online handle when signing up for Agate. Sales rep asked me what I wanted for a username. Couldn't think of anything really good on the spot. So that's what I've used since '96 or '97.
I don't remember if I ever used any BBSs, a little before my time I think.
I vaguely remember having to manually enter the PPP commands with one ISP who didn't have that scripted. What a pain in the ass.
Prodigy was my first ISP. Milked those 10 free hours for several months, but my parents wouldn't pay for the full sub. So I was without internets for a year before moving up here.
I was a big ICQ user, 6484992 was my UIN. Can't believe I still remember that. I used to chat regularly with some Brit chick (she found my profile). I wonder whatever happened to her... then I moved onto AIM which I used a lot up until last year.