minor point, the Baby Bells were incumbents in the market and were referred to as ILECs. they were mandated to lease their infrastructure to CLECs at reasonable

minor point, the Baby Bells were incumbents in the market and were referred to as ILECs. they were mandated to lease their infrastructure to CLECs at reasonable rates to allow for competition. incidentally, there were many terminal servers that didn't require authentication, or would accept default credentials. this was a common way to get free internet access back in the day!