This is the way I felt too. I used to do lots of UUCP back in the late 80s, but that fell away as soon as I got "real IP" SLIP dialup.
I did use UUCP a few years ago over some HF radios. It still has some uses, but the usability of it is horrid.
In South Africa where I grew up, we had the entire country's internet hanging off a single dialup UUCP gateway at Rhodes University in Grahamstown from 1988 until 1991.
In 91 they replaced the dialup UUCP link with a 9600kbps leased line. Only universities had access. We got our first commercial ISP in 1993.
Re:Dataforge UUCP
by throw0101a on Monday March 25, 2019 @08:00PM
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> [ZA] got our first commercial ISP in 1993.
Interesting 'doc' from the Internet Society on the effort from a few years ago on Internet exchange points (IXPs):
The first place I worked at out of college was on the cutting edge of technology when everyone, from the president to the janitor, got an email address. The 1200b UUCP connection for a staff of 30 sometimes caused some bottlenecks. I remember getting grief from the boss when whomever he was talking to on the phone wasn't getting his emails. Turns out the receptionist was receiving a 1MB (!) attachment at the same time
Re:Dataforge UUCP
by adrianratnapala on Sunday March 24, 2019 @06:35PM
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Cat pictures?
For more nostalgia, enjoy the UUCP maps: http://olduse.net/blog/current_usenet_map/