I may be since 96-97, i believe first time/ i day i visited microsoft ,brainbench ,rediff,times,some space exploration sites ,nasa pictures,some international forums,usenet,specially some hacking sites, then i had my mail id with usa.net .....lovely memories.
first use was in vsnl/bsnl office....home internets were duds. now even 2g with pathetic cheap mobile runs faster.