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geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh) writes:
> eye@interlog.com writes:
> > This is the story of the 
> > rise and fall of Toronto's first and most unique ISP.
> 
> Hardly the first.  ONet was providing internet service to selected Toronto-
> area organizations long before IO and probably deserves the title of 
> "Toronto's first internet service provider".  If you meant affordable to the 
> individual, say it... don't make misleading statements.

Seems a matter of semantics. Maybe he should have said "consumer". The
implication was there.

> > In the archaic days of 1993, Toronto's only commercial "Internet 
> > provider" was CRS -- which offered a pathetically bad PCBoard 
> > interface to netnews and email.
> 
> Ignoring the fact that this statement contradicts the one above, how could 
> Canada Remote Systems be "Toronto's only commercial Internet provider" when 
> they obtained their services from of UUNET Canada, the organization probably 
> best deserving the title "Toronto's first commercial Internet provider". 

You'll notice Internet provider is in quotes. In english, that implies "Ummm, like,
almost, sorta, but not quite." A BBS that provides news and mail isn't really an ISP,
or at least an ISP as most people would think of one.

One could also describe Boeing as a commerical consumer plane maker, you just have 
to have $25 million to buy one of their planes. UUnet doesn't quite offer
connectivity charges at a consumer level. Do they offer dial-up slip/ppp?
What do they charge for UCCP? $6 an hour?

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