My uncle told me about a "device for a free, anonymous internet over the air" from the past. What was he talking about?

Hey everyone,

I had a time ago a conversation with my uncle a while back and I wanted to see if I can get here help. He's not a computer guy at all, but he's a master when it comes to not paying for things.

He told me that back in the day, there was a way to access a form of the internet anonymously, completely over the air, for free. He described it as a "device" you could build expensive but a one time only.

I've done some digging and I think he was vaguely describing a packet radio setup used to connect to networks like FIDONet or independent BBSes over amateur radio waves, but Im not sure if the way I got was the way he meant

Basically he told me exactly that the device could steal the Air Network so you didnt have to pay for It.

Maybe he was trippin but I would completely believe that a device existed that could do that.

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