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Originally Posted by mrvette
One of the very first nationwide ISP's......predecessor to ATT/Commcrap/etc.....stood for America On Line......I remember the acoustic modem and listening to the dialup interchange......
shhhhhhhh, chhhhhhhh, shhhhhhh, bing bong, bing bong, then a snicker that sounded like my then 4 y/o daughter.......kid's laughter......
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AOL was the shit compared to Compuserve... 2.4 baud if you were lucky and had a clean line. You'd have to wait until late night to connect most of the time to one of the 2 or 3(if you were lucky) numbers available. Forget to disable call waiting once...