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.Submitted by TriggerTough t3_10kdpgl in newjersey
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So Cisco started in a basement in Rahway NJ?
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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