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

Mike Lyon mike.lyon at gmail.com
Tue Feb 18 00:41:52 UTC 2020 

Then call waiting came out and would disconnect the session sometimes. That sucked ass.

> On Feb 17, 2020, at 16:37, Scott Weeks <surfer at mauigateway.com> wrote:
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> I can't help myself... :)
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> My mother in the 1980s: "no one can ever call us because the phone line is always busy"
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> Me with an Osborne 1 and a 300 baud modem:  "We need a second phone line!"  
> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_1)
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> My mother: "That's too expensive.  Quit clogging up the phone line with that toy!"
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> Me: "Ok...Pshhhkkkkkkrrrr​kakingkakingkakingtsh​chchchchchchchcch​*ding*ding*ding*"   (*)
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> I never would've guessed in those days that it would provide me an entire professional career.
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> scott
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> (*) I copied Pshhhkkkkkkrrrr​kakingkakingkakingtsh​chchchchchchchcch​*ding*ding*ding*
> from a website as I could not spell that.

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