1984: We got our first Minitel for free. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel in 1986 i was doing my online banking, buying train/plane tickets, checking the weather, and talking to friends in the US through playnet. You could also spend a fortune in virtual sex using the 3615 .... Pretty advanced stuff, but they didn't see the internet coming, and it died a pretty sad death in the early 2000.