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   Message 136,789 of 137,311   
   Keith F. Lynch to Gary McGath   
   Re: AOL ends dial-up   
   13 Aug 25 15:43:54   
   
   From: kfl@KeithLynch.net   
      
   Gary McGath  wrote:   
   > Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   >> They came in, ruined the internet, and then left.  Just like   
   >> Belgium in the Congo.   
      
   > Dial-up modems ruined the Internet?   
      
   No, but arguably AOL did, by bringing in a large number of new people   
   who violated established netiquette.   
      
   It was a lot like what Trump fears is happening to the US, with large   
   numbers of new people unwilling or unable to assimilate.   
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