[ih] How the Soviet Union Sent Its First Man to the Internet

Johan Helsingius julf at julf.com
Sat Jan 2 04:22:04 PST 2016


Dmitry,

> No - it was connection to KTH.

Do you remember why that was? Did Nordunet refuse transit
through the actual Nordunet backbone?

> All terrestrial digital connections used microwave system between Tallinn and  Helsinki.
> I mentioned previously that we (Relcom) used this system for 64K to your premises later in 1992.

Ah, that is the problem with human memory - I somehow remembered
that being a leased line connection.

	Julf




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