hbogert parent
Dear lord my region was blessed with cable internet in 1995. Wasn't fast but it was really affordable and the latency was better than dial up. Though once it got crowded during peak hours it crumbled to a halt.
The cable lines here were so overcommitted that it was faster to get a lesser ADSL connection, ping was also horrible during rush hours. Unless you did all your downloads and gaming at night, then you were fine.
Thats pre Telecommunications Act of 1996 and pre docsis. Where was it and what hardware you were using? Early Prodigy trial in CA?