We used a program, I think it was called 'kermit' to talk to students in the states in Jr. High (93-95 ish). Right around the same time my brother and I had an account to a local BBS (Bulitin Board System)... something nerdy like Kittiara's Revenge or something, but it had a cool text based hockey game.
As far as what is now called the internet, it would have to be talking my dad into signing up on one of those free AOL trial periods, and not knowing that there was more to the internet than AOL's main interface.
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