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Old 11-28-2022, 02:54 PM   #1244
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Originally Posted by Hitch View Post
OMG, come on, Yahoo absolutely, along with AOL, etc. were ISPs, back in the day. I was using "the internet" when you had to be able to use Archie, Gopher, NG's, etc. so thank you, yes, I'm aware that "the internet" predates GUI web crap.

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As it happens--for whatever it's worth--I had the 18th Internet Connection in Phoenix, AZ. The first provider, Primenet--I think that they actually had an earlier moniker than that, but were thence acquired by US West, etc.--was my then-provider, and we were customer 0000018. That doesn't make me some Net Pioneer, but I do have some passing familiarity.


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The first ISP was Software Tool and Die located in Massachusetts. I did sign up with them back then. You got shell access, email, Usenet, and WWW using Lynx.

I forget the service I signed up for as well. It was similar to CompuServe but better. It was located in California. You could dial in direct or if you had telnet access get in that way. I had telnet access via MIT.
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