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Connecting retro systems to the Internet, and historical aspects of the Internet: software, hardware, protocols. DO NOT USE WHEN MERELY ASKING ABOUT HISTORICAL RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET OF TODAY.

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When connecting to the Internet via Dial-Up, why did ISPs require a username/password to aut...

And in the sense of it being a software-managed connection rather than a general system-wide internet connectivity service, it was. … But a lot of what we think of as more traditional "dialup internet" service was provided the same way: physical connectivity provided by one company, service provided by a completely different one. …
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