TriggerTough

TriggerTough OP t1_j5snzfm wrote

Reply to comment by KillerKPa in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough

The basement of the home I grew up in was Ciscos first sales office on the east coast.

In 1989 they weren’t public yet. Just a small startup.

My dad was working for Wang Computers in sales in the 1980s. A venture capitalist met with him to see if he wanted to take a risk with a company who had a new technology no one had used yet.

My dad decided to do it. We had the basement of the home we lived in as the sales office since it was such a small startup.

It’s crazy thinking back to see where it’s at now.

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TriggerTough OP t1_j5snmhl wrote

Reply to comment by Tobar_the_Gypsy in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough

That was Fred Stueber from Rahway. He was the wrestling and football coach when I was at RHS.

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TriggerTough OP t1_j5sneds wrote

Reply to comment by SursumCorda-NJ in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough

No. Back in the late 1980s and 1990s he sold the products that made the internet possible.

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TriggerTough OP t1_j5r2157 wrote

Reply to comment by Sudovoodoo80 in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough

Thank you.

On a side note, for the first 3 years no one wanted to buy it. They thought it was a joke. My dad was so frustrated every day at dinner time.

Then the World Wide Web came out about 1993 and it was more "user friendly" so companies started buying it up.

Look where we are at now! Crazy IMO.

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TriggerTough OP t1_j5q8f1q wrote

Reply to comment by watudoinstepbrah in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough

Central Ave. 3 houses from the HS. Right around the block from the hospital.

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TriggerTough OP t1_j5q8an0 wrote

Reply to comment by Fryceratops in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough

My dads main client at the end was Lucent Technologies in Holmdel.

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TriggerTough OP t1_j5q1o4k wrote

Reply to comment by weaselpoopcoffee1 in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough

Thanks!

It's currently in my closet now though. Doubt I'd ever give it up.

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