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Connecting to dialup and listening to computers scream at each other over the phone line.
Yes that was bad. And it was always so loud for some reason. But I'd argue better than waiting in silence.
I'd agree. I kind of developed a Pavlovian response of excitement to the noise. Back then though, the Internet was nothing like it is now though. There was a time when we didn't even have websites, we had stuff like Internet Relay Chat (still around actually), Usenet, and subscription services like America Online. There was Gopher, but it really wasn't the same as the web.
Funny enough, Usenet is still around too, it's used as an alternative to BitTorrent for sharing pirated stuff.
The "you got mail" was also part of that response for me since it indicated a connection.
Good old AOL...