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> We didn't "Surf the Internet", we surfed the Information Superhighway

For many of us, it was more like the "Information Country Road" with the speeds we had. I don't think I had ADSL access until 2006/2007 sometime, then it actually felt like a super highway. But before that, "paddling the Internet" would have been more accurate.

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Yeah but you could get information from anywhere and if you grew up traveling on the Interstate system, it still felt like you could be "instantly" transported to a piece of knowledge. It was still hecka faster than getting to your local library, browsing through the card catalog, and only then looking something up in an index (at the back of a book), if your library even had it.

Of course, we weren't on there for the books, but for the people.

Even at 1200 baud you could be more or less instantly transported to university systems all across the country.

Most superhighways move at 1-5mph due to traffic congestion... so it's still valid :)

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