Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@vwestlife" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vwestlife</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Funfact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Funfact</span></a>: In <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cband</span></a> dishes weren't common so <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SatelliteInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatelliteInternet</span></a> used simiar <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tuner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tuner</span></a> cards with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VSAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VSAT</span></a> terminals, usually accepting downlinks from regular commercial <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> that were just data channels on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASTRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASTRA</span></a> and/or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Eutelsat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eutelsat</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HotBird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HotBird</span></a> in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KuBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KuBand</span></a>...</p><ul><li>Later they got some fancy <em>"SAT-Routers"</em> that combines a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DVB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DVB</span></a>-S downlink and an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/analog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>analog</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>56k</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISDN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISDN</span></a> modem for uplink if not offered to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobile</span></a> networks as well...</li></ul><p>I've got <a href="https://www.teltarif.de/arch/2007/kw30/s26648.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">one of those</a>:</p><p>Basically a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Router" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Router</span></a> with some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> on Ethernet, Power &amp; F-Screw-Connector on the rear, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>56k</span></a>&amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISDN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISDN</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Modem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Modem</span></a>|s and USB up-front.</p><ul><li>And yes, I used that to share a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dialup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dialup</span></a> connection with multiple devices, because they can do that!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retro</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroTech</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroNetworking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroNetworking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Networking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SatelliteInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatelliteInternet</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2000s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2000s</span></a></p>