Cisco: The history you didn't hear

RetroBytes July 19, 2025
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Cisco the company that brought us the router, and has been the provider of the backbone of the Internet. It had a story about its founding it likes to tell, but the truth and the story are not one and the same. This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com) https://youtube.com/@Yesterzine 00:00 - Intro 00:24 - A word from our sponsors 00:53 - The story them told us 01:50 - The real story 06:23 - Cisco is a live 11:01 - Cisco goes public 12:18 - Cisco buys a lot of companies 14:28 - VoIP and TDM 18:22 - The dial-up market 20:56 - The ISP market & BGP 24:56 - Cisco broke the Internet (mono cultures are bad) 29:36 - IOS 36:28 - CCNA 37:31 - The phones 39:56 - Where are Cisco now, and why do they have all our money ? 40:43 - Thanks

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