Communication · 1986

NSFNET backbone

A national science backbone connects universities and grows into the commercial internet.

The US National Science Foundation's NSFNET, launched in 1986, linked supercomputer centers and regional networks, reaching T3 speeds of 45 Mbit/s by 1991. When commercial restrictions lifted and it was retired in 1995, private providers took over and the internet opened to everyone.

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