Internet History

ARPANET History

Period: Jan 1, 1969 to Jan 1, 1990

First message is sent through Arpanet

Oct 29, 1969

Entire 4-node network of ARPAnet is established

Dec 5, 1969

62 Computers Are Connected to ARPANET (Official Day Unknown)

Jun 1, 1974

Handbook of internet Netiquette is Created

Nov 28, 1982

It is considered illegal to use the ARPANet for anything which is not in direct support of Government business ... personal messages to other ARPANet subscribers (for example, to arrange a get-together or check and say a friendly hello) are generally not considered harmful ... Sending electronic mail over the ARPANet for commercial profit or political purposes is both anti-social and illegal. By sending such messages, you can offend many people, and it is possible to get MIT in serious trouble w

ARPANET is retired (Official Date Unknown)

Jan 1, 1990

Internet History

Period: Jan 1, 1990 to Nov 30, 2012

Internet becomes available publicly

Aug 6, 1991

Internet becomes available thorugh Dial-up (Actual date unknown)

Jan 1, 1999

360,985,492 Internet users

Dec 31, 2000

1,733,933,741 Internet users

Sep 30, 2009

Billions of people use the internet.

Dec 10, 2012