[ih] uucp, was Question re rate of growth of the Arpanet

[Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond]

On 22/04/2025 20:41, Johan Helsingius via Internet-history wrote:
> Then there was "UUCP over floppy disks". When I did my military service
> back in the 1980s in Finland, I was the only person on the base that
> had their own PC - but no unauthorized phone connections were allowed
> (this was before mobile phones). Every time I got home leave, I would
> copy the outgoing queue directory to floppy disks, giving me a batch
> update of email and USENET. 

Ah - an illustrious example of a Sneakernet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet