The US didn’t invent the internet either. Concurrently there were multiple research networks, which were consolidated into ARPANET. So of course the number of p

The US didn’t invent the internet either. Concurrently there were multiple research networks, which were consolidated into ARPANET. So of course the number of people on ARPANET were mostly confined to the US. It is strangely hard to find information about all the research networks or competing international commercial BBSes from then, but two names I can find are the Association for Progressive Communications and CYCLADES.