Domains were free in 1995 back when Network Solutions had sole monopoly and official NIC handles were 4 digits long (your first and last initials and a number less than 100).
And with lame delegation rules, you better have had access to address space to immediately put the domain name to functional use - with working reverse DNS and a running server of some sort when it resolved.
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Domains were free in 1995 back when Network Solutions had sole monopoly and official NIC handles were 4 digits long (your first and last initials and a number less than 100).
And with lame delegation rules, you better have had access to address space to immediately put the domain name to functional use - with working reverse DNS and a running server of some sort when it resolved.