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Corporations were on the Internet before the 90s, so I'm going to assume by "commercial Internet" he means "consumer Internet" (e.g., AOL). I doubt the consume
by NtochkaNzvanova 3y ago
Corporations were on the Internet before the 90s, so I'm going to assume by "commercial Internet" he means "consumer Internet" (e.g., AOL).
I doubt the consumer Internet could have happened before PCs became widespread in the 80s and early 90s, so it's misleading to attribute the delay solely or primarily to regulatory shenanigans by AT&T.
- mistrial9 3y agothere was no "internet" at that time. Corporations mainly had private phone systems, and bought computers from IBM or others.. Some network engineers in Salt Lake City Utah sold custom networking, and from Boston.. but those lines connected only to specific others.. Overall, "no"
- mr_toad 3y agoThere was definitely internet in the late 80’s, it was just largely confined to academia and a few labs. Two things kept it from going mainstream; firstly the lack of a friendly interface (no web browsers), and cost (back then you could be paying more for 2400bps dial-up than you do for modern broadband).
- mistrial9 3y ago.. then we must agree on a definition of "internet"