I started what became 6x7 with a 64k ISDN line. And 9600 baud modems… in ’93 or so. (I was a child, in Jr High…) -Ben. -Ben Cannon CEO 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC ben@6by7.net <mailto:ben@6by7.net>
On Jan 24, 2020, at 3:21 PM, bzs@theworld.com wrote:
On January 24, 2020 at 08:55 aaron1@gvtc.com (Aaron Gould) wrote:
Thanks Jared, When I reminisce with my boss he reminds me that this telco/ISP here initially started with a 56kbps internet uplink , lol
Point of History:
When we, The World, first began allowing the general public onto the internet in October 1989 we actually had a (mildly shared*) T1 (1.544mbps) UUNET link. So not so bad for the time. Dial-up customers shared a handful of 2400bps modems, we still have them.
* It was also fanned out of our office to a handful of Boston-area customers who had 56kbps or 9600bps leased lines, not many.
-- -Barry Shein
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