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To: Mahatmabenfoo who wrote (171538)10/10/2002 2:45:42 AM
From: The Duke of URL©  Read Replies (3) of 186894
 
"AND the phone company was a lot more advanced than you suggest. it was the OLD phone company that had IDSN ready to go and available in the 1980s -- long before the first internet browswer was created (Mosaic circa 1994) and long before most people knew what online was. The chaos that followed the 1984 AT&T break up arguably delayed the advent of highspeed online access -- the IDSN era (which was a natural precursor to DSL and cable) never occurred as it should have."

Isdn was the phone company's baby that was 64k thru two of the unused lines and they wanted 200/month. USR figured out how to pump 64 down one line for the cost of the modem.

Ya know it IS hard to argue with someone who just makes shit up, and who do you think laid all that fiber? Petsco or att/pacbell?
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