> Used to be that some businesses and universities configured their Unix machines to call other machines on their modems overnight
I used to work in London, for Olivetti, which was partnered with AT&T. Olivetti's office was in Finsbury, just north of The City. AT&T were south of the river, near Vauxhall. I believe our Usenet feed (and our internet email) was couriered-over from Vauxhall on mag tape.
In those days, most ordinary businesses didn't have fixed-line internet access, and maintaining a Usenet feed over dial-up was expensive, even text-only.
I used to work in London, for Olivetti, which was partnered with AT&T. Olivetti's office was in Finsbury, just north of The City. AT&T were south of the river, near Vauxhall. I believe our Usenet feed (and our internet email) was couriered-over from Vauxhall on mag tape.
In those days, most ordinary businesses didn't have fixed-line internet access, and maintaining a Usenet feed over dial-up was expensive, even text-only.