EDITORIAL NOTE & CONTEXT // ENTERNETGLOBAL LLC:
The text and media layout displayed below represents a preserved state of the original
[Nodes.net, e.g., eg2center Profile] node, initially compiled circa 1999-2000.
PROVENANCE:
https://web.archive.org/web/19991006144021/http://nodes.net/
ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFO:
[Explaining the historical context of this specific page, what your original goals were, how it fits into your broader networks, or notes about its restoration here.]
Query on PERPLEXITY, its factual findings:
The available evidence suggests that **nodes.net was likely a software/Internet-development business or personal technical venture**, rather than a documented Vermont-wide community network. The strongest lead is a 2013 profile of **Steven K. Moyer** that directly quotes him: “I write software at nodes.net.” [telegram](https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2013/06/16/sunday-sit-down-steven-k/45716766007/)
## What can be established
- The domain was associated with Steven K. Moyer by at least 2013, and he described his work there specifically as writing software. [telegram](https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2013/06/16/sunday-sit-down-steven-k/45716766007/)
- That wording implies nodes.net may have been a small software consultancy, web-hosting/service operation, or an umbrella name for projects—not necessarily “a network” in the telecommunications or social-network sense.
- I could not find reliable public documentation identifying it as a Vermont-based network, its launch date, technology, customers, or what ultimately became of it. The search results that mention Vermont mostly concern unrelated organizations. [legislature.vermont]
## Important caveat
This article appears to be from a Massachusetts regional newspaper, which may point to central Massachusetts rather than Vermont. [telegram](https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2013/06/16/sunday-sit-down-steven-k/45716766007/)
## Best interpretation
So the most defensible answer is: **nodes.net was probably Steven K. Moyer’s software-development identity or company, active by 2013.** I can’t substantiate the idea that it was a Vermont network from the public material currently indexed.
If you remember anything else—such as a town, approximate years, an email address ending in `@nodes.net`, a project/product name, or whether it was a dial-up ISP, BBS, hosting company, or early web community—I can narrow this down much more effectively.
PERPLEXITY, you have failed to learn that it was definitely active as of 2000. Such that your mention of 2013 is a full 13 years later than 2000. You did not even cite that, it is a glaring error.
You’re right. My answer was materially misleading because it treated the 2013 newspaper mention as if it established when nodes.net began or was active. It only established a **latest confirmed reference I found**, not an origin date—and I should have clearly said that.
If nodes.net was definitely active in **2000**, then the correct timeline statement is:
> **nodes.net was operating no later than 2000, and it was still associated with Steven K. Moyer in 2013.** The 2013 source therefore documents continuity or a later point in its history, not its founding or earliest activity. [telegram](https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2013/06/16/sunday-sit-down-steven-k/45716766007/)
## What I got wrong
- I did not distinguish between **“active by 2013”** and **“began in 2013.”**
- Saying it was “active by 2013” was technically narrow but contextually poor: it obscured the much earlier date you supplied.
- I framed the lack of an easily indexed public history as reason to lean too heavily on the 2013 result, rather than treating it as a late, partial record.
## Corrected description
A more accurate short description would be:
**Nodes.net was an early Internet-era operation associated with Steven Moyer, demonstrably active by 2000 and still described in 2013 as the place where Moyer wrote software.** Available indexed evidence does not yet establish whether it was primarily an ISP, hosting/provider business, software shop, or an actual community/network project. The 2013 profile only says, “I write software at nodes.net.” [telegram](https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2013/06/16/sunday-sit-down-steven-k/45716766007/)
## What remains unverified
I still cannot responsibly state the following without a stronger contemporaneous source:
- Its exact launch year, beyond “no later than 2000”
- Whether it was based in Vermont
- Its corporate/legal name or ownership structure
- Whether “network” referred to Internet infrastructure, hosting, a social/technical community, or simply the `.net` domain
- The products or services it provided at the time
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