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Fryceratops t1_j5q3xsj wrote

Reply to comment by Professional-Error58 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

AT&T had a ton of employees here. Bell Labs was in Murray Hill.

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TriggerTough OP t1_j5q8an0 wrote

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

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Zhandaly t1_j5qjii2 wrote

My dad went through a similar gauntlet in Holmdel... Intel, Lucent, Avaya... haha, this brought back some nice memories, thanks.

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Paul_S_R_Chisholm t1_j5qh3cs wrote

Cool. I started my career in Holmdel at Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1981. I met my wife there (we're still happily married), and our oldest worked there for awhile as a contractor.

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Waka-Waka-Waka-Do t1_j5qh720 wrote

That building has been converted to co-op space. It's amazing.

At one point it was in such disrepair that deer and other wildlife were living in it.

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mdp300 t1_j5rkn7f wrote

Goddamn! I didn't know it was actually abandoned like that!

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Spectrum2700 t1_j5t9nxg wrote

Yup, NJN did a whole documentary after the 1984 Bell System breakup, explaining that they'd chose to move from NYC to NJ simply because there was plenty of space for use in all sorts of areas --- they had some field in Chester for testing phone poles and lines outdoors, a Western Electric facility in Springfield near Union (now the HQ of Bed, Bath and Beyond for however long they last)...

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