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		freedomben 32 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AOL to discontinue dial-up internet Indeed, and it kicked off a race of ISPs seeking to emulate. I probably had a dozen Blue Light (not to be confused with Blu-Ray) internet discs from K-Mart back in the day

serf 32 days ago [–]

I forgot all about blue light.

they were popular among hacker types during the free phase because they were one of the free ISPs that had an easy-to-fake dialer for a straight tcp/ip connection for nix machines.

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