C|NET Central: Internet Gridlock 1997 (1of3)

(1of3) A look back at the dial-up days and solutions to the internet gridlock in 1997.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• c|net
• cnet
• central
• Internet
• Gridlock
• dsl
• cable
• broadband
• Richard
• Hart
• Gina
• St.
• John
• Desmond
• Crisis
• 1997

[computerkid1416]

Thanks for putting these up. I love this show and I really wish they would post all these shows on CNET.com.

[TTVRewind]

@computerkid1416 I wish they would post them too, they really are a great source of history.

[MrMP81]

This was when I used to watch CNET... this show ( Computer Chronicles ) and another show or 2 were the best to watch * ON TV *

I miss these shows... G4 is too MTV like -=/

[blackflagqwerty]

47 million internet users!!!!!!!! LOL

[Spydiggity]

I remember this episode from when it was new! What a great source of information this show used to be.

[spartacandream]

I used to know what the guy meant by taking forever to download. Now i don't. I simply forgot what it was like, unless my computer has something wrong with it.

We've become so advanced. Our old fast connection is now a sign our computers are slowing down because of a virus

[tdb41]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[kamranjune]

YES!!! I used to love this show in the 90s and the theme music!

[FreakKeeper]

Boy this OLD show brings back some memories!!! Jez... Like Caion, I was bumping around on a Packard Bell 100mhz, 32mb ram, 1.2gb hdd, Matrox Millennium 4mb vidcard, etc. Talk about having a flash back!

My favs from the show was Hart, Soledad, and Gina... to a lesser degree Desmond Crisis and his hopped up Fiero! This show was the bomb, never missed a Saturday episode...

[Caion]

This brings back memories of my old 100mhz pentium PC with 16mb of ram and a 1 gig hard drive, and the time spent downloading on IRC.

I used to watch this show too. So much so that when I hear the name Ryan Seacrest I think of him mainly as the host of these old Cnet shows, lol.