Hmm, I can't put a finger on the date, but it must have been the late '80's/ early '90's when I had a "Global Internet" connection at home, running a dial-up modem in a 386 tower system bought from Evesham Micro's in Evesham. I was working in Stratford-upon-Avon then, and living in Coventry. Later purchases were from IIRC "Star" computers in Rugby. I also recall installing Wordperfect from approximately 15 3.5" floppies.
Edit: Must have been mid'90's as Wiki has Pipex as the first dial-up provider in 1992, with only 150 customers by 1993.