[AusNOG] Happy 20th Birthday Australian Internet

[ComKal Admin]

Hi Geoff,

> On the night of the 23rd June 1989 Robert Elz of the University of  
> Melbourne and Torben Neilsen of the University of Hawaii completed the  
> connection work that bought the Internet to Australia. It was a 56kbps  
> satellite circuit, and the Australian end used a Proteon P4100 router.

Now you are making me feel old......

>   I think thats a pretty impressive record, and worth noting!

Very impressive and so much nicer that the old Compuserv 2400 baud
modem days :o)

Cheers
Ian Manners
ComKal Networks Australia