[bandrami]

Well, it became mainstream by the late 1990s (IIRC the pets.com superbowl ad was 1999). But in 1992 or so it was still a bunch of Gopher sites (this new fangled "World Wide Web" will never displace this technology...) and MUDs being used by college students and hobbyists.

[devilbunny]

Even in 1995, I had to beg my parents to get a dialup account so I could stay in touch over breaks.