I love the symmetric ~10 gig speed test to put it into perspective for how far we’ve come….also the 3 ms ping result.  Ain’t it great

 

-Aaron

 

From: Ben Cannon [mailto:ben@6by7.net]
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2020 5:27 PM
To: bzs@theworld.com
Cc: Aaron Gould; NANOG Operators' Group
Subject: Reminiscing our first internet connections (WAS) Re: akamai yesterday - what in the world was that

 

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 

 


 

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.

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