[ih] Commercial ISPs (Re: Some Questions over IPv4 Ownership)

[Lyndon Nerenberg]

> More accurately, UUNET Communication Services was started by USENIX
> to provide paid UUCP and USENET news service for those that
> couldn't find a friendly neighbor site for a UUCP connection.  UUNET
> became a major UUCP hub for email and news.

My memory says it was started by Rick Adams with a loan from Usenix.