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Re:I've skimmed 66520 newsgroups trying to find some life on... by pjc50 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @08:22AM (#36861213)
USENET very much depended on ISPs in practice, they ran most of the servers!

However, yes it was theoretically possible to have a route between two NNTP servers that wasn't over a BGP-routed chunk of internet but was "something else". Including posting a tape.

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Re:I've skimmed 66520 newsgroups trying to find some life on... by flyinghamster on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @10:11AM (#36862516)
Indeed, Usenet could go over dialup (or direct serial line) UUCP, not an IP address in sight.
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Re:I've skimmed 66520 newsgroups trying to find some life on... by bawolff on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @12:17PM (#36864688)
The last uucp service shutdown in 2012 according to wikipedia. So not just theoretically possible but was happening in actual pracitise much later than you would expect.
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