Starting point
The early commercial Internet was infrastructure, operations and experimentation.
The original account describes launching with three partners, a single 64 Kbps link to UUNET in the United States and four original customers. The work was hands-on: network equipment, connectivity, customer installation and the practical operation of an emerging service.
Technology choices included Cisco routing, Frame Relay connectivity and early Internet services. The story captures an environment where building the service and figuring out the business happened simultaneously.