Wish i could tell a story like that.
I got a one liner byline in boardwatch and had to upgrade in a hurry. US West wasnt in a big rush.
Anyways once the lines were in it was a nonstop dl session for most people.
We started with the concept of upload download matching which is where the name "up all night" came from.

Im right there with ya on the internet thing. Assumed it would be used for research. Figured bbs's would dominate forever.

We were wrong i guess. Might be fun to bring those days back though :)