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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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Staff_Infection_ t1_j5qn5gs wrote

Mr. Deblasio put it best... there's a right way, a wrong way and a Rahway.

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TriggerTough OP t1_j5r1exh wrote

lol!

I wrestled for Stueb back in the day.

Small world!

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Tobar_the_Gypsy t1_j5rj9x1 wrote

I went to school with a Steuben that came from a wrestling family….same family? From Bergen county.

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TriggerTough OP t1_j5snmhl wrote

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

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murphydcat t1_j5tl7wi wrote

I used to deliver the Elizabeth Daily Journal to that block in the 1980s (yes I am OLD!!).

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TriggerTough OP t1_j5ygmk2 wrote

Very cool.

My dad made me deliver papers as well on my BMX bike. Wanted to teach me "work ethic."

I hope all is well and thank you for the paper delivery back then!

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KillerKPa t1_j5rjsh2 wrote

So Cisco started in a basement in Rahway NJ?

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TriggerTough OP t1_j5snzfm wrote

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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