[itairall]

Exactly. Download mp3s, chat with friends on ICQ/AOL IM, forums of various interests, online dating. There were even real audio podcasts basically at this time but they just weren't called podcasts.

The only thing I can't remember is if I would have downloaded movies or not.

The ipod was released October 23, 2001 lol.

This article is backwards. It is shocking to me how much things have stagnated.

Compare 1982 to 2002.

[lotsofpulp]

Limewire was released May 2000, and Kazaa was released Mar 2001, and I am pretty sure I had a cable broadband modem in 2001, so movies were most likely available for download by 2002.