Just ten years ago the internet was still a scary thing for the average consumer and PC user. While there were already many websites available, compared to today’s vast quantity of information on the web, there is little comparison in the effect the internet has on people’s lives.
It’s hard to imagine but some critics panned the internet as a short-lived idea on its emergence in the mid 90s, and, despite the dot com boom of the late 90s, it was originally considered too slow, expensive and cumbersome to be of much use. Of course, with traditional dial-up connections clogging up phone lines and unable to transfer large amounts of data, there was an understandable concern.
But as home PCs became more common and, eventually, the uptake of broadband became widespread, the internet has become a vital part of the modern world, with ecommerce now featuring in millions of people’s daily lives.
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