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TriggerTough OP t1_j5t4nin wrote

Reply to comment by greensocks77 in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough

My dad worked with them along with Lucent Technologies when he was with Cisco.

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greensocks77 t1_j5t00e5 wrote

Reply to Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough

AT&T had an opportunity to buy Cisco products early on and sell them as their own. A “Brouter”. Worked with engineers on the evaluation team. They gave the thumbs up but the opportunity never came to fruition. Go figure. This was before they bought NCR. Bet they would love to change those choices.

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TriggerTough OP t1_j5snzfm wrote

Reply to comment by KillerKPa in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough

The basement of the home I grew up in was Ciscos first sales office on the east coast.

In 1989 they weren’t public yet. Just a small startup.

My dad was working for Wang Computers in sales in the 1980s. A venture capitalist met with him to see if he wanted to take a risk with a company who had a new technology no one had used yet.

My dad decided to do it. We had the basement of the home we lived in as the sales office since it was such a small startup.

It’s crazy thinking back to see where it’s at now.

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TriggerTough OP t1_j5snmhl wrote

Reply to comment by Tobar_the_Gypsy in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough

That was Fred Stueber from Rahway. He was the wrestling and football coach when I was at RHS.

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TriggerTough OP t1_j5sneds wrote

Reply to comment by SursumCorda-NJ in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough

No. Back in the late 1980s and 1990s he sold the products that made the internet possible.

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ThePopeJones t1_j5slimm wrote

Reply to comment by TriggerTough in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough

Tell the Smithsonian you'll loan it to em, but they have to let you have your picture taken riding the dinosaur of your choice.

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Stark21 t1_j5sbt2c wrote

Reply to comment by haunted_star in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough

It's a place where people can get together, trade pornography, and bitch about movies!

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the_last_carfighter t1_j5sbpkx wrote

Reply to comment by cookedsushi in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough

You can claim your seaside mansion is a "farm" and get subsidies and write-offs just by having a few animals on it. Alpacas for instance are ideal for that grift.. i mean totally legitimate operation.

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