We've got the need for speed like it's 1993. We explore the legendary T1 connection, and work on getting our very own for the ISP. The next step is getting our router online and starting up BGP to announce our presence to the Internet.

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00:00 — The need for speed
00:45 — Why T1?
06:00 — Getting a T1
08:34 — Ordering a T1... or trying to
10:33 — DIY T1
11:22 — Configuring the Adtran CSU/DSU
11:43 — Cisco 2501
13:24 — Configuring the Cisco 2501
14:49 — SPARCclassic update
15:19 — Border Gateway Protocol
17:08 — Configuring BGP
18:58 — Success!
19:13 — Coming up

Huge thanks to:

Soundgo for the smooth track from the "2 A.M Chill Session" compilation
Watch:    • 2 A.M Chill Session  [synthwave/chil...  
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/intlfr/albu...

...and Downtown Binary for the mega "Astral"
Watch:    • Downtown Binary  Astral [synthwave/c...  
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/album/1uGa6r...

Above music provided by Lofi Girl.

References:
National Communications Museum (2020). CCBY.    • The Telephone  How It Works  
Birth of the ARPAnet (2019). http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/int...
Braun, HansWerner (1995). http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/~hwb/NSFNET/NS...
vectorpocket. https://www.freepik.com/freevector/3...
Gast, Matthew S (2001). T1: A Survival Guide. O'Reilly & Associates.