dialup.worldJul 19, 2023

#introductions We cobbled together a free-to-use dialup ISP out of trash and spare parts. dialup.world is composed of four modems for simultaneous connections delivering speeds up to 33.6K.

This is currently a bunch of USR Sportsters hooked into Linux, but we are currently working on setups with Cisco gear, as well as some musings in 56K, other weird dialup appliances, and retro networking.

Check our website http://dialup.world for more information about the setup and how to access! In addition to the PSTN, you can also connect through PhreakNet (https://portal.phreaknet.org), a sort of telephone hobbyist/phreaker/collector darknet.

We also supply dialup access to the WebTV Redialed project (http://webtv.zone) which means if you dig your WebTV out of storage and hook it into a phone line, it *just works* with the original toll-free number and no modification needed on your part!

I invite you to watch our bad ideas become reality.

#modems #dialup #retronetworking #webtv

Show threadMrCJul 19, 2023
@dialupworld This looks fun, I went from a single line dialup ISP (VBBS) to running the network of a multi-pop ISP in the early 90s. Cut my teeth on Livingston gear and Sun 4 boxes. Best of luck!
Show threaddialup.worldJul 19, 2023
@ScotttSee Very cool, thanks for sharing! I've been considering picking up some Livingston gear, I've heard good things. It would be cool one day to get my Sun and SGI machines working and have everything hooked up to them, though that's a stretch goal.
Show threadMrC
@dialupworld The Livingston products were great, I think we made it to the PM4 with PRI lines and 56k modems, then Lucent bought both Ascend and Livingston and killed the Livingston products and kept the Ascend ones that caught fire (allegedly) instead.
Jul 19, 2023 at 9:39pmWeb