Today, we take it for granted that we can read newspapers online. Newspaper content was first placed online in 1981. To see a 1981 TV news story about the birth of online journalism, click here.
The reporter in this clip mentions that dial-up internet access costs $5 per hour. Depending on how you convert into present-day values, that’s between $11 and $23 dollars in today’s money. (For a handy online calculator for converting historical monetary values, click here.)
The Past Speaks 