Subj : Re: Computers
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Aug 01 2024 09:37:38

  Re: Re: Computers
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to tenser on Thu Aug 01 2024 07:17 am

 PF> I remember an internet where people ran open SMTP servers as a courtesy to
 PF> internet.denizens, because nobody would abuse that service.

 PF> And, when testing ISDN video capability, there were test numbers that
 PF> belonged to people at private companies working at their desks. They'd
 PF> take the call, chat with you and let you know how your video/audio came
 PF> across.

 PF> It was a different world, it seemed.

Yes.  And I remember ISPs including a shell account, space for some files, and FTP & HTTP access there so you can set up a simple web page if you wanted to.  Also, personal email accounts from ISPs.  I'm not sure anyone uses any of that anymore, and I don't think many ISPs offer those things anymore.

I always wondered what I'd need shell access for on my ISP server, but when I still used dialup, I noticed I could sometimes get a faster download speed for a file if I first used the shell account to 'wget' the file (which would transfer to my ISP really fast), and then I'd download it from my personal space there via FTP, which would go fairly fast.  That was often faster than me directly downloading the file from the site, for some reason.

Nightfox
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