[ih] Any suggestions for first uses of "e-mail" or "email"?

[Vint Cerf]

thanks for the additional color - stuff that works tends to persist.

v


On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Leo Vegoda <leo at vegoda.org> wrote:

> On 8 August 2015 at 03:05, Vint Cerf <vint at google.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > The TCP/IP vs OSI battle lasted from 1978 to 1993. X.25 was around from
> 1976
> > to 2003 or so as I recall. I shut down the last MCI X.25 offering about
> 2003
> > or so if memory serves.
>
> In 2007 I researched the status of each of the addresses in 14/8,
> which at that time was reserved for the gateways between x.25 and
> IPv4, as a part of reclaiming that /8. A large number of the addresses
> were still in use for a government network in Sweden (a labor
> exchange, I believe) and they were returned after the gateways were
> renumbered. Deutsche Telekom and BT were also still selling X.25
> circuits at that time.
>
> Looking at BT's current published pricing, I think they still sell
> X.25 circuits:
>
>
> https://www.bt.com/pricing/current/BT_IP_Networking_boo/0177_d0e8876.htm#0177-d0e8876
>
> I suppose people still use X.25 and the telcos at least cover their costs.
>
> REgards,
>
> Leo
>
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