Below the fold is the story of how I got a full-time Internet connection at my apartment 32 years ago next month, and the incredible success of my first ISP.
The reason I'm now able to tell this story is that
Tom Jennings, the moving spirit behind the ISP has
two posts describing the history of The Little Garden, which was the name the ISP had adopted (from a Chinese restaurant in Palo Alto) when I joined it in May 1993. Tom's perspective from the ISP's point of view contrasts with my perspective — that of a fairly early customer enhanced by information via e-mail from
John Gilmore and Tim Pozar, who were both involved far earlier than I.