Reminiscing our first internet connections (WAS) Re: akamai yesterday - what in the world was that

Mon Feb 17 23:56:41 UTC 2020

First non-POTS was an Ascend Pipeline 50.  I may even still have it somewhere.

-Ben Cannon
CEO 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC 
ben at 6by7.net <mailto:ben at 6by7.net>

> On Feb 17, 2020, at 12:07 PM, Brian <brian at nc-ct.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Feb 17, 2020, at 10:38 AM, Gene LeDuc <gleduc at sdsu.edu> wrote:
> 
> Does this thread make me not only think about the days of old, but also
> makes me feel older! Not going back as far as some here but around
> 1993ish...
> 
> My first connection back in the day was a shell account I was given as
> consultant and reseller for what was TIAC (then became PSI). I was also
> at the time running a 6 line MajorBBS system (prior to WorldGroup). TIAC
> allowed multiple concurrent logins to the shell so I purchased the
> MajorBBS dialout module and had it login to my shell account which my
> cosysop crafted a nice menu for basic feature usage such as
> ftp/lynx/irc/etc. Users could then use my dialout feature into my shell
> and do what they were looking to do. 
> 
> Being somewhat out in the sticks and having a decent dial area coverage
> it in a sense allowed me to become my local region's first ISP of sorts.
> It was a hack but it worked and users were more than happy since for
> many even dialing up to AOL or Compuserve was a toll call then.
> 
> -- 
> If Confucius were alive today:
> "A computing device left in the OFF power state never crashes" 
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> 73 de Brian N1URO
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