Flashback! The Internet In 1995 | Archives | TODAY

Go back in time with these NBC News archive clips from 1994 and 1995 when the "World Wide Web" and Internet were mere mysteries. See what Matt Lauer, Katie Couric, Bryant Gumbel, Tom Brokaw, and Bill Gates had to say so many years ago.

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Flashback! The Internet In 1995 | Archives | TODAY

[mjelves]

"In the year 2000".... Biggest catchphrase of the 90's

[terran]

We're watching this on the internet.

[Peter_]

"It's very hip to be on the Internet right now."

LMAO

[chriscarp]

Wow that lady had it spot on. "If i subscribe to the internet, I'm afraid I'll spend less time with my family" This is perhaps the most common fault with the internet world we live in.

[linken]

Anything that happened in your childhood is nostalgic, anything that happens in your twenties and thirties is “revolutionary” and anything that happens in your fifties and after, is “to much”. Round and round it goes for every single generation

[piecechickenmcnuggets]

"What is internet anyway?"
- _Everyone_ (1990's)

[walkedale]

"it's very... hip ... to be on the internet now" *adjusts nerdiest glasses known to man*

[colossusforbin]

I first got on the internet in 1997. I remember just how slow webpages loaded. I remember thinking one day, going from one webpage to another will be as fast as changing a channel on TV.

[joshyoon]

"I'm afraid if I subscribe to the internet, I will get hooked and never spend time with my family."

WOW. Katic Couric was spot on with this!!! Everybody glued to their phones today.

[matthewshores]

"I don't want to have anything to do with the internet..."
Yeah, good luck with that.

[nathancoflin]

That last comment from Bryant Gumbel is a total Larry David thing to say... "At least you have the option of not answering the phone...on the internet you have to hear from people you don't even want to hear from"

[koreboredom]

Back when "The Internet" was just called "internet".

[FelixDance]

Katie Couric was tapping into something quite profound so early in the internet game.

[jordanfabula]

People in this video were being so prophetic about the Internet taking over daily life and overloading us with information, now look where we are...

[melsop]

"If I subscribe to the internet, I'm afraid I will not spend more time with my family."
Me watching this in 2019: I HAVEN'T SEEN MY FAMILY IN DAYS!"

[GuanoLad]

Those were the right things to get excited about, and to be concerned about. They anticipated those factors immediately.

[mzingayemubaya]

Well that lady was 100% correct about getting hooked on the internet and not spending time with family

[bethanyray]

as someone born in 2002, this is sooo fascinating to me. I want to see these people react to themselves saying this stuff now.

[brendas.]

The first time I used the internet was back in 1998. It was at the public library and you had to sign up to use it.

[TheReviewLabOfficial]

Now, we as a society, cannot live without it. I'm watching this video on my phone connected to the"guess what" internet. Funny how times change.