The internet (Arpanet) was invented by the US Government and Universities that worked with them. The www (Tim Bernes-Lee) was created at CERN (scientists) and won out things to other things like Gopher and BBSes.
The telcos almost won the wires for voice instead of IP based systems. It’s been a mix of Government, Scientists, University Academics, and corporations since the late 80s/early 90s if not sooner.
AOL got the masses on the web and things like Prodigy existed before them. AOL is more akin to Facebook nowadays.
The telcos almost won the wires for voice instead of IP based systems. It’s been a mix of Government, Scientists, University Academics, and corporations since the late 80s/early 90s if not sooner.
AOL got the masses on the web and things like Prodigy existed before them. AOL is more akin to Facebook nowadays.