@blogdiva fave anecdote:
I stole System of a Down's "Steal this album" via IRC and the channel admin let me jump the queue to do it. Still took all night.

@blogdiva all over 56k well into the 2000s (hang up the phone! I want to use the internet!)

Web: Netscape navigator on windows 3.1

Chat: AIM

Piracy: IRC (still one of the best protocols out there IMO)