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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2019 10:39:10 GMT 10
My school installed WiFi in 2004, so people definitely knew about WiFi in 2005
Dudes would use it to watch porn on their WiFi-enabled PSPs lol.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 29, 2019 10:59:16 GMT 10
My school installed WiFi in 2004, so people definitely knew about WiFi in 2005 Maybe it varied from area to area? Some areas/countries may have adopted the technology faster than others? I know that here in Australia at least, broadband and dial-up were still the standard forms of internet access back in 2005 and WiFi simply wasn't in the public's consciousness at the time. Honestly, I don't remember WiFI being standard at all prior to about 2008 and even then, it wasn't until as recently as 2010 that WiFI had made Broadband redundant.
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Post by John Titor on Mar 29, 2019 15:42:30 GMT 10
My school installed WiFi in 2004, so people definitely knew about WiFi in 2005 Maybe it varied from area to area? Some areas/countries may have adopted the technology faster than others? I know that here in Australia at least, broadband and dial-up were still the standard forms of internet access back in 2005 and WiFi simply wasn't in the public's consciousness at the time. Honestly, I don't remember WiFI being standard at all prior to about 2008 and even then, it wasn't until as recently as 2010 that WiFI had made Broadband redundant. New Jersey we had it in late 2004
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Post by mwalker96 on Mar 29, 2019 23:08:45 GMT 10
I don't think anyone knew about Wifi back in 2005. If they did, they would have had either the PSP or the Nintendo DS which had wifi capabilities at the time. Otherwise, the majority had broadband internet. That's true, WiFi wasn't commonplace back in 2005 and the technology itself was still in it's infancy stages. There were actually a lot of people at the time who still had dial-up. Dial-up and DSL in the US were common.
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Post by John Titor on Mar 30, 2019 3:07:33 GMT 10
That's true, WiFi wasn't commonplace back in 2005 and the technology itself was still in it's infancy stages. There were actually a lot of people at the time who still had dial-up. Dial-up and DSL in the US were common. Wifi routers were being installed in malls in 2005 as well
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Post by EyewitnessTV on Mar 30, 2019 15:56:09 GMT 10
My school installed WiFi in 2004, so people definitely knew about WiFi in 2005 Maybe it varied from area to area? Some areas/countries may have adopted the technology faster than others? I know that here in Australia at least, broadband and dial-up were still the standard forms of internet access back in 2005 and WiFi simply wasn't in the public's consciousness at the time. Honestly, I don't remember WiFI being standard at all prior to about 2008 and even then, it wasn't until as recently as 2010 that WiFI had made Broadband redundant. I was using WiFi by late 2005. 
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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 30, 2019 17:27:21 GMT 10
I was using WiFi by late 2005. Ah okay. I can honestly say that I personally don't know anyone who was using WiFi at the time, nor do I remember WiFi ever actually being popular back in 2005. All of the computers at my primary school were on broadband. Maybe I was just living under a rock. 
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2019 18:51:43 GMT 10
I dunno, there were teen pop hits into 2003. Maybe not quite to the same prolific level of the 1998-2001 period, and they definitely had taken on an "urban" sound, but they weren't dead yet.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2019 20:00:13 GMT 10
Maybe it varied from area to area? Some areas/countries may have adopted the technology faster than others? I know that here in Australia at least, broadband and dial-up were still the standard forms of internet access back in 2005 and WiFi simply wasn't in the public's consciousness at the time. Honestly, I don't remember WiFI being standard at all prior to about 2008 and even then, it wasn't until as recently as 2010 that WiFI had made Broadband redundant. I was using WiFi by late 2005. Around then for me too (early 2006). Mario Kart DS forced me. 
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Post by EyewitnessTV on Mar 30, 2019 23:04:20 GMT 10
I was using WiFi by late 2005. Ah okay. I can honestly say that I personally don't know anyone who was using WiFi at the time, nor do I remember WiFi ever actually being popular back in 2005. All of the computers at my primary school were on broadband. Maybe I was just living under a rock. It was starting to catch on around 2005/06. Well, at least who I associated myself with. I was using WiFi by late 2005. Around then for me too (early 2006). Mario Kart DS forced me. Hey, same! It was used at times for school, but I remember at that time mostly using it for longer periods while playing Mario Kart and Animal Crossing on my DS. I remember the onboard WiFi system wasn’t at its best (it suffered several dropouts at times), but it was new and I was addicted so....
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Post by John Titor on Mar 31, 2019 1:54:21 GMT 10
I dunno, there were teen pop hits into 2003. Maybe not quite to the same prolific level of the 1998-2001 period, and they definitely had taken on an "urban" sound, but they weren't dead yet. Eh I wouldn't call it teen pop, Teen pop was making it's transition out by April of 2001 in the states, the last few Y2K songs were Nsync's Gone, Dirty Pop and 1 song by jessica Simpson, for the 4th Quarter of 2001 no songs on the radio really had any kind of teen pop influence. Songs like Britney's Slave was more POP then teen pop. The UK I think had some y2k sounding songs in 2003, but as far as the states go the transition out of it was very fast and subtle. The Neptunes pretty much took over from Max Martin.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2019 4:42:29 GMT 10
I mean, I count Toxic as a teen pop song. That was 2004, IIRC.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2019 5:25:57 GMT 10
Ah okay. I can honestly say that I personally don't know anyone who was using WiFi at the time, nor do I remember WiFi ever actually being popular back in 2005. All of the computers at my primary school were on broadband. Maybe I was just living under a rock. It was starting to catch on around 2005/06. Well, at least who I associated myself with. Around then for me too (early 2006). Mario Kart DS forced me. Hey, same! It was used at times for school, but I remember at that time mostly using it for longer periods while playing Mario Kart and Animal Crossing on my DS. I remember the onboard WiFi system wasn’t at its best (it suffered several dropouts at times), but it was new and I was addicted so.... Yes, Animal Crossing too! Those two games were everything in middle school. Most kids preferred the PSP though, which angered me.
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Post by John Titor on Mar 31, 2019 8:50:15 GMT 10
I mean, I count Toxic as a teen pop song. That was 2004, IIRC. I would classify that as just pop, teen pop is more when the artists are teens singing bubble gum music. Justin & Britney and Christina both went in a more Adult avenue & were no longer teens.
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Post by al on Mar 31, 2019 11:05:47 GMT 10
Teen pop was not "cool" in 2004, but people were still listening to it.
Dial-up internet was not "cool" in 2006, but people were still using it.
Facebook is not "cool" in 2019, but people are still using it.
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