The original freenet was the Case Western freenet; I still remember my email as it was issued sequentially as aa000 to zz999, skipping some. It was `freenet.edu

The original freenet was the Case Western freenet; I still remember my email as it was issued sequentially as aa000 to zz999, skipping some. It was `freenet.edu` Primarily used it for research and usenet, most of the time through uucp to get the updates.