[AusNOG] Is anyone else sick of Tony abbot claiming Malcolm Turbull invented the internet.

[Colin Panisset]

There used to be a 4800bps connection to UTS from .su around that time. This was after the time when our newsfeed came in on 9-track whenever Tony McGrath wandered over to grab a fresh one

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On 29/06/2013, at 17:25, "Damien Gardner Jnr" <rendrag at rendrag.net<mailto:rendrag at rendrag.net>> wrote:

Mmm, UUCP to connect, that brings back memories!  We (IEAust) used to bring up an ISDN connection on our Firstclass BBS server to Connect in Melbourne at 6am and 6pm to gateway through email and newsgroups.  I seem to remember having to blacklist the unimelb ftpmail gateway, as folks were running up our ISDN bill quite painfully!   Hmm, I note that warrane still resolves!

Wow, I just realised I've had the same email address for 20 years!  Though I do use that email address as a spamtrap to feed our maia mailfilter now ;)

--DG

On 29/06/2013 4:16 PM, Chris Chaundy wrote:
Well I actually connected Connect at UM and I was still working at the Uni for another year or more before I jumped ship, and I don't recall them ever having an SU link (I think this is where some confusion came from).  The national network was all ISDN Microlink-based initially and the Sydney node was in Cisco, but it was UUCP relays initially until they got the OK to route IP over 'dedicated' connections (ISDN and 'permanent' dialup).

All of this was well before I joined Connect in early 1994 and around the time that the Interconnect (domestic dialup) product was launched (I'm often incorrectly spoken of as a founder - there were three active founders and I was employee number 2).


On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Matt Perkins <matt at spectrum.com.au<mailto:matt at spectrum.com.au>> wrote:
On 28/06/13 8:41 PM, Chris Chaundy wrote:

There is some 'discussion' as to whether Microplex or connect.com.au<http://connect.com.au> were the first commercial *IP* providers in Australia (circa 1992/1993) - as distinct from email
As I remember it when I connected Microplex Cisco AGS via a Telecom Microlink to a  T/A at 64k to the netblazer at .SU Microplex connected to port 2.  Port 1 was already allocated and connected to connect.com<http://connect.com>. (well the TA displayed CD)  So to my mind connect.com<http://connect.com> was first we were second. However we only provided shell accounts for the first few weeks before i wrote the  shell scripts on the SCO box that started slip sessions  allocated IP's etc. So im a bit unsure who sold the commercial IP accounts first. It was within weeks of AARNET providing connections to the first as they called them then "Affiliates"

Chris how long after you connected did you start selling.

To my mind it was allays connect.com<http://connect.com> by a nose.

Matt.




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