I thought IDS was the first ISP selling internet access to the
general public. Maybe it was just the first in Rhode Island..

On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 03:14:51PM -0800, Mark Seiden scribbled:
> of course, this depends how you define ISP.
> 
> world.std.com was first, as i remember.
> panix was pretty early.
> 
> the well was more a bbs and closed community than an isp.
> 
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 11:54:59AM -0800, Scott C. Best wrote:
> > David:
> >     No kidding. That one came out of my WayBack machine...
> > 
> > -Scott
> > 
> > On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, David Douthitt wrote:
> > 
> > > Scott C. Best wrote (about):
> > > 
> > > > AT&T-NorthPoint To Curtail Service
> > > > 
> > > > By BRUCE MEYERSON
> > > > AP Business Writer
> > > > NEW YORK (AP) via NewsEdge Corporation  -
> > > 
> > > > Public Access Networks Corp., a New York-based Internet services
> > > > provider also known as Panix, [...]
> > > 
> > > Now there's a name I haven't heard in a *VERY* long time.  Would they be
> > > classified as one of the nations oldest ISPs?  Or would that be the
> > > Well? ...
> > > 
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