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The "Eternal September" was when AOL got access to Usenet; a regular September was when the students got their shell accounts. The point of the "Eternal" was t
by kruhft 11y ago
The "Eternal September" was when AOL got access to Usenet; a regular September was when the students got their shell accounts. The point of the "Eternal" was that the inrush of noobs never went away once AOL was attached.
- loginusername 11y agoAh. I always thought it was a reference to "ISP's" and the general public getting access to Usenet. Thanks for the clarification.
- lmm 11y agoIt was; AOL in particular, but other ISPs as well. September was always a rough time on Usenet as all the noobs arrived; some old folks took the month off (or at least claimed to), coming back in October when they'd calmed down a bit. Once the public ISPs arrived it became like September the whole year round.