In 1997 MSN, AOL and CompuServe were three of the biggest names on the internet. They weren’t just offering dial-up internet connections like other ISPs, but they also provided ‘on-line services’, offering news, weather, lifestyle magazines, chat and online shopping. Whilst we’d recognise these services as web portals today, back in 1997 these were revolutionary features – and they came at a cost. Paul Stephens tests these services – click the image below to see what he thought.
Exposed: What You Really Get From an On-line Service from PC Plus 127, May 1997
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