[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: [Discuss] UUNet

[MadHat]

On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 14:03, Tom Adelstein wrote:
> UUNET and BBNPlanet go way back. They're both part of th original darpa 
> project. uu.net provided mail services. In fact, I used to use them as 
> my mail provider long ago.
> 

UUNet is older than some members on this list. ;)  They were founded
back in 1987, and are touted as being the first business ISP with a
backbone network.  They were who you had to use if you wanted reliable
connectivity to the Internet for many years.

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`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here...'
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