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

[Jonathan Thorpe]

Since we're all taking a trip down memory lane to 1994, I thought it might be apt to share this memo from the same era which describes Microsoft's interests in the Internet at the time:
http://www.microsoft.com/about/companyinformation/timeline/timeline/docs/di_killerapp_InternetMemo.rtf

I thought this was interesting:

"With 16,000 networks to route between and 30 new networks a day joining in, efficient routing is becoming more and more difficult for the Internet routers that bind the  Internet."

And 

"Further, the original addressing scheme and assignment policy was very lax, leading to very poor utilization of the 32-bit IP address space. Current predictions estimate the life expectancy (given current growth rates) of the Internet address space to be ~5 years. If the growth curve takes another dramatic upswing, this has the potential to become problematic in less time. Several engineering groups within the IETF have been chartered to design solutions to this pressing problem which are referred to as IPng, or Internet Protocol, next generation."

Some things haven't changed... much :)


-----Original Message-----
From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Paul Wallace
Sent: Thursday, 13 November 2014 12:46 PM
To: Serge Burjak; Nathan Brookfield
Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Blast from the past - 1994 connect.com.au brochure

ah .... Windows 3.1 "for Networks"

the dawn of distributed network filing

(otherwise called chaos)

-P





-----Original Message-----
From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Serge Burjak
Sent: Thursday, 13 November 2014 11:43 AM
To: Nathan Brookfield
Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Blast from the past - 1994 connect.com.au brochure

Had to buy Trumpet Winsock for Windows 3.1 to enable internet access, was it this era or am I ageing myself further..

On 13 November 2014 11:36, Nathan Brookfield <Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au> wrote:
> Or freaking call waiting before Telstra introduced the desktop app for it!!!
>
> Kindest Regards,
> Nathan Brookfield
>
> Chief Executive Officer
> Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd
>
> Web: http://simtronic.com.au
> Phone: 1300 592 330
> Fax: (02) 4749 4950
>
> On 13 Nov 2014, at 12:32, Alex Samad - Yieldbroker 
> <Alex.Samad at yieldbroker.com> wrote:
>
> And when your mum picked up the phone to make a call.... arrrgg :(
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Ross Wheeler [mailto:ausnog at rossw.net]
>
> Sent: Thursday, 13 November 2014 12:25 PM
>
> To: Alex Samad - Yieldbroker
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> Cc: Damien Gardner Jnr; Mark Delany; ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
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> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Blast from the past - 1994 connect.com.au 
> brochure
>
>
>
> Luxury
>
>
> Waiting for the Linux kernel source to replicate around BBS’s so
>
> there was one close enough to grab cheaply or STD charges or even IDD
>
> charges..
>
>
> Ahh, the "sysop special" pricing Bill Bolton (Netcomm) offered on the 
> original
>
> Trailblazer PEP (and later V32.bis) modems to upgrade from the old 1234SA.
>
> Being co-ord for several nets meant very hefty STD calls twice a day, 
> the
>
> 'blazers reduced call costs significantly!
>
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