I actually used AT commands to call BBSes and... ignore these people. We shouldn't turn civilization into a museum. It's fine to reuse old names for new things.
It's even more valuable for people to be challenged, & upgrade their skill, at context-based disambiguation than to further ossify short names. The preeminence of the `@` symbol in social-network addressing – from email through Twitter & everywhere – also makes this a well-chosen name.
+++ATH
They'll probably outlive me. They'll probably outlive all of us.