Essay Archive - Internet Access
Internet Access
It would be helpful to provide a brief historical summary of the
Internet before jumping into the different means of accessing "The Net".
The Internet was developed primarily by Vinton Cerf, an American
computer scientist, in 1973 as a part of a United States Department of Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency project managed by American Engineer, Robert
Kahn. In 1984, the project was turned over to the private sector and to
government research and scientific agencies for further development. In 1993,
the Internet was turned over to the public and by early 1995 access was
availabl....
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