How the UK was connected to the Internet for the first time
Briefly

from Ars Technica3 weeks ago
The article reflects on Professor Peter Kirstein's efforts in the early 1970s to connect the UK to the early internet, emphasizing its origins in Cold War defense needs.
Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/01/how-the-uk-was-connected-to-the-internet-for-the-first-time/
Professor Kirstein details the initial conception of the Internet as a defense project during the Cold War, with the understanding it might revolutionize global communications.
Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/01/how-the-uk-was-connected-to-the-internet-for-the-first-time/
Within just a few years of its first transmission, email constituted 75% of the traffic on what would evolve into the modern Internet, underscoring its significance early on.
Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/01/how-the-uk-was-connected-to-the-internet-for-the-first-time/
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