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To: D. Long who wrote (737944)1/14/2021 7:06:44 PM
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If the EFF and other early Internet libertarians could have seen what the Internet has become they would've pulled the plug.


The early internet wasn't really accessible to the public. Mid-late 80's there were about 20 POP's where "people" could access the internet, mostly Govt labs and Universities. I worked for a >$500M tech company which had a leased T1 line to a University about 20 miles away. That gave a 5000 employee company 1Meg/sec access to the internet.
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