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   Kerr-Mudd, John to Keith F. Lynch   
   Re: AOL ends dial-up   
   13 Aug 25 16:48:36   
   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 15:43:54 -0000 (UTC)   
   "Keith F. Lynch"  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
      
   AOL   
      
   >   
   > It was a lot like what Trump fears is happening to the US, with large   
   > numbers of new people unwilling or unable to assimilate.   
      
   'Bring me your poor' ah, the land of the free.   
      
   (the same anti-immigration agenda is big here in the UK)   
      
   --   
   Bah, and indeed Humbug.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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