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 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Jan 24, 2020, at 3:21 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > On January 24, 2020 at 08:55 [email protected] (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 > > Software Tool & Die | [email protected] | > http://www.TheWorld.com > Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD > The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*
