[AusNOG] Blast from the past - 1994 connect.com.au brochure

[Peter Tonoli]

Best domain name ever.. a.au 

----- Original Message -----

> From: "Serge Burjak" <sburjak at systech.com.au>

> Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net

> Sent: Thursday, 13 November, 2014 12:24:38 PM

> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Blast from the past - 1994 connect.com.au
> brochure


> We didn’t have Google, we had Archie back then…







> > On 13 Nov 2014, at 11:22, Damien Gardner Jnr < rendrag at rendrag.net >
> > wrote:



> > And the scary thing is, that's not a 'bad' price for back then.. I
> > was
> > paying $400/month to Netconnect for 14.4k dialup at that time. Then
> > I
> > discovered TID plus exchange-based diversions, and did a two-hop
> > dialup bouncing through an EBD in harcourt, to get to Bendigo.
> > Dropped
> > my dialup costs to ~$200/month!







> > On 13 November 2014 12:14, Ivan Jukic < ijukic13 at gmail.com > wrote:



> > > $5,500.00 p/a for 14.4kbps!!! My Commodore64 it going to be
> > > humming
> > > on
> > > the World Wide Web






> > > On 13 November 2014 12:11, Mehmet Akcin < mehmet at akcin.net >
> > > wrote:




> > > > $300 for DNS. sweet


> > > > Mehmet




> > > > On Nov 12, 2014, at 3:09 PM, Damien Gardner Jnr <
> > > > rendrag at rendrag.net
> > > > > wrote:





> > > > > Ohhh man, that brings back memories - The twice a day UUCP
> > > > > sync
> > > > > to
> > > > > warrane - and I used to think that was awesome compared to the
> > > > > delivery speed on fidonet.



> > > > > Imagine how lost todays generation would be if they got their
> > > > > emails
> > > > > in twice a day bursts, or had to wait a few days for
> > > > > international
> > > > > emails!



> > > > > On 13 November 2014 12:02, Mark Delany < g2x at juliet.emu.st >
> > > > > wrote:


> > > > > > Found this while cleaning out some old files. Wasn't sure
> > > > > > about

> > > > > > inlining images on this list so here are some links.


> > > > > > http://images.emu.st/1496a427-6acf-11e4-a2a3-00163e12230c/connect-com-au0.jpg

> > > > > > http://images.emu.st/1496a427-6acf-11e4-a2a3-00163e12230c/connect-com-au1.jpg



> > > > > > Mark.

> > > > > > ______________________________________________









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Peter Tonoli < peter at medstv.unimelb.edu.au > +61-3-9231-2399 
IT Manager 
The University of Melbourne - Eastern Hill Academic Centre, St. Vincent's Institute and O'Brien Institute 
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