From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 10 Aug 2025 20:16:08 -0400 (EDT), Scott Dorsey wrote:   
      
   > AOL wasn't really an ISP, they were a proprietary messaging service   
   > which at some point got an Internet gateway.   
      
   I have a feeling that the origins of AOL lay in a service that Apple   
   created for communicating with its resellers and developers etc, called   
   AppleLink. My employer had an account on there at one point. I think Apple   
   spun that off after the Internet started to become popular.   
      
   > The vast majority of AOL services were not reachable from the   
   > internet and could not reach the internet.   
      
   Somehow I can’t see that continuing for much longer after they became an   
   ISP.   
      
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