I distinctly recall in the early 90s when I first used a government system and was able to send essentially an instant message to someone on a terminal on the o

I distinctly recall in the early 90s when I first used a government system and was able to send essentially an instant message to someone on a terminal on the other side of the global. It was quite amazing. And then I called that person and paid 300 dollars for a 45 minute phone call.