In mid 1996, owners of Winternet (a Minnesota ISP) staged a “takeover” of operations from the hands-on owner and the then-current technical staff.
The occurrence was so drastic that it was even covered in local print and broadcast media (at the time, it was nearly unheard of to read/see anything in the media about the Internet).
These pages chronicle the events as they unfolded, from the perspective of Winternet customers.