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bulletStarted in 1960 by ARPA Dept of Defense
bullet1969 DOD put together infrastructure of 4 colleges
bulletPackets were first used by the military for security
bullet1970 e-mail started
bullet1972 TELNET first means of using host computers
bullet1982 University of Wisconsin established name server
bullet1984 the official Domain Name Server
bullet1986 first commercial mail carrier
bullet1988 T1 line established 1.5mbs
bullet1990 government ceased their funding of ARPA
bullet1990 first Commercial internet provider was established
bullet1991 CERN Switzerland developed the WWW
bullet1992 ISOC internet society governing body established
bullet1997 T3 line 44.7mbs, now there is a OC3 line @155mbs, and OC12 line 622mbs

 


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