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[Geffers]

I recall back in the early days of the web when internet providers started giving customers a bit of web space, the address ended up something like www.aol.com/geffers4321 and at the time that was pretty exciting.

One could have publicly available information up on the web.  I recall using a Netscape suite of programs to create my initial page, great days indeed.  Time moved on and now I don't think internet providers give space, they may sell some hosting service, plus I've found much of the web page creation is done with online tools rather than create the pages on one's own computer then FTP it (is that a real verb?) to the hosting location.

I've dabbled with self hosted pages, mainly for personal usage, video and other file transfer purposes.  I have a domain name that points to my dynamic IP address which is updated if the IP address changes, unfortunately I have recently changed internet providers and the new company use a different system whereby a public IP address is not available.  There are ways round it using reverse proxy but at the moment I cannot quite get my head around it.  Sometimes I do wonder how this all works, we take a lot for granted.

I have also some publicly available pages on a cloud server I use, more for practice usage rather than specific purposes.

All very fascinating.

Geffers

[Tiffany_Kx]

That was nice you had your own web space with your name too through AOL.  I think AOL has a lot of good memories for people, even my dh has good memories of using AOL when it started.  Times sure have changed and you've dabbled a lot along with the changing times. Interesting history you shared on how the web evolved for you.  It sounds like you have more "dabbling" to do with your changed internet provider? 

You have certainly taken a broad brush over what the internet can do for you and have experienced a lot of different products for different purposes.  It's great to explore and see all of the tools on the internet that can make your life better.

The internet and how it works is a fascinating world and it's always changing thanks to the innovators that continue to envision on how to make the internet world better.

[Geffers]

That was nice you had your own web space with your name too through AOL.  I think AOL has a lot of good memories for people, even my dh has good memories of using AOL when it started.  

I only used aol as an example as it is a well known brand, it was pretty big in UK but I was never actually with them, I've been with a few different providers but what was popular in UK was a dialup number, no accounts, the number earned the provider a per minute fee and was pretty cheap for the user too, better than paying a monthly subscription.

Now UK is going full fibre by 2025, land lines are going, all phone calls will be routed via internet.  Personally I think the VoIP calls are not as reliable as the old fashioned wired phones, I find there is often lag and the callers end up talking over each other.  The providers of course say internet calls are better quality and more options.

[Tiffany_Kx]

That was nice you had your own web space with your name too through AOL.  I think AOL has a lot of good memories for people, even my dh has good memories of using AOL when it started.  

I only used aol as an example as it is a well known brand, it was pretty big in UK but I was never actually with them, I've been with a few different providers but what was popular in UK was a dialup number, no accounts, the number earned the provider a per minute fee and was pretty cheap for the user too, better than paying a monthly subscription.

Now UK is going full fibre by 2025, land lines are going, all phone calls will be routed via internet.  Personally I think the VoIP calls are not as reliable as the old fashioned wired phones, I find there is often lag and the callers end up talking over each other.  The providers of course say internet calls are better quality and more options.

Omg, dial up.  I can immediately hear the sound lol!  That's great that the UK is going full fiber now.  There are still many rural zones all over the US that do not have fiber and have to rely on broadband services or satellite services. We just got fiber about three years ago.  It was so frustrating using broadband. I get what you are saying about VoIP.  I feel that way about light bulbs.  I miss my incandescent light bulbs.  They were reliable and lasted a long time.