Subj : Re: Introduction
To   : Digital Man
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Fri Feb 02 2024 06:35 am

-=> Digital Man wrote to vaelen <=-

 > I worked for an ISP starting in 1996 (while still in HS) and got an ISDN
 > line to my house, which was blazing fast!

 DM> I had ISDN for a whlie too (wrote software and firmware for an ISDN
 DM> terminal adapter). 128Kbps baby! But charged per 64Kbps "B channel" per
 DM> minute. Ouch.

 I had work paying for an ISDN line to my house. I would connect to a
 Shiva LANRover at work for access to my company LAN, and use it to
 connect to the internet. I don't recall if inbound calls were charged
 or if my callers had dwindled at that point that I didn't worry about
 it.

 That was the first time I downloaded fido packets via the internet, and
 it was eye-opening being able to connect multiple times a day.

 A couple of years earlier at another company, we had an Ascend Pipeline
 router in the office with a PRI circuit and BRIs out with employees.
 Had a problem with one of the sites connecting, called Pac Bell to sort
 it out and spoke to Scott Adams. He still worked for Bell while writing
 Dilbert.



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