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Early 44Net traffic often moved at 1200 bits per second over packet radio. Today, many links run at millions of bits per second using modern equipment, often built by the same volunteer community. #44net #44yearsof44net #packetradio #amateurradio
44Net links together volunteer-built networks over the Internet and over the air, using mostly off-the-shelf gear and shared know-how, continuing a tradition that started with homemade packet radio stations decades ago. #44net #44yearsof44net #packetradio #amateurradio
44Net isn’t a “walled garden”. It's a shared address space that hams can build on, ranging from small local networks to international backbones. No top-down governance, just a common foundation. #44net #44yearsof44net #amateurradio
Today, the ‘AMPRNet’ project continues to carry a community-driven spirit through self-organized, community-run networks built on modern wireless links. #44net #44yearsof44net
Volunteers have helped manage 44Net since its earliest days, when packet radio linked local networks. The ‘Regional Coordinator’ emerged to help support new operators and manage infrastructure. #44net #amateurradio #packetradio #amprnet #44yearsof44net
Snowed in during a Harrisburg, PA winter in Jan. 1986, Phil Karn KA9Q sketched what became CIDR notation for IPv4 addresses…on a napkin! #digitalcommunications #44yearsof44net #digitalinnovation #44net #technology
Registered on April 27, 1988, ampr.org is the 13th-oldest .org Internet domain name that is still registered today: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... #ardc #44net #44yearsof44net
44Net fact of the week: one of Phil KA9Q’s former managers told him, ‘Phil, only you and a couple of your geek friends would ever use the Internet’. 35+ years later, the Internet has users that span well beyond Phil’s circle of ‘geek’ friends! #44net #44yearsof44net #digitalinnovation #technology
