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12-12-2006, 12:07 PM #1Web Hosting Guru
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When did the internet start and???
Hi,
I was just wondering when the 'internet' became open to the public and who were the initial first hosts and how much did they charge for hosting.
In essence, has hosting gotten cheaper or more expensive since the mid-90s?
TIA - Dav
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12-12-2006, 12:09 PM #2Web Hosting Evangelist
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Originally Posted by dav
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12-12-2006, 12:18 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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1994.
And yes, hosting is much, much cheaper. In fact, I'm not sure how much cheaper it can go than where it's at now!Daniel B., CEO - Bezoka.com and Ungigs.com
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12-12-2006, 12:29 PM #4WHT Addict
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The evolutionary path looked something like this ARPA>DARPA>NSFNET>Internet
In the spring of 1995, the Internet made the transition from being the publicly funded NSFNET to the commercial internetworking backbone we know today.Patrick K. HendersonSales Manager
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12-12-2006, 01:27 PM #5Invented the Internet
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Ah yes, the good ol' days of Prodigy and a 2400 baud modem. Those were the days.
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12-12-2006, 02:01 PM #6Aspiring Evangelist
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I still have my original Dowty Quattro 2400 modem over at my parents house. That cost about £800 ($1500) at the time!!!
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12-12-2006, 02:03 PM #7Aspiring Evangelist
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PM Al Gore he can tell you all about it.
It was all his doing.
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12-12-2006, 02:19 PM #8Newbie
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Wow ... talk about memory lane.
I first connected to the Internet in '93 while in school ... via a telnet connection to a Unix host. Gopher was cool back then, Mosaic was just being born, IRC wasn't a command network for 'bots ... and connections from home ... well, let's just say that setting up TCP/IP with WinSock was tons of fun.
Hosting back then? Maybe your school would provide you with space.
When the Internet opened up, I got a SLIP account with a UNIX-based dial-up provider that no longer exists for something like $50/month ... with a 2400 baud modem. BBS's were also popular back then ... of course, I've not seen or heard of a BBS in years.
Hosting? Basic was, if I remember, something like $100/month for static HTML and not a lot of space. I don't recall all the details, but I did look at it and, as a college student, it was way more than I could afford. Dynamic CGI (yes, CGI, no nice progamming environments like .NET or PHP ... and it was all C, not even C++) was an add-on that cost even more.
So, in short, everything has gotten cheaper. All of it. Connectivity ... hosting ... add ons.
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12-12-2006, 03:06 PM #9WHT Addict
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Anyone remember when RadioShack was the only source for an account with Compuserve?
I still remember the DARPA days at the university.
The internet is different and better (and worse?).
Jeff
PS. I still have a Model 100 with a 300 baud modem and an old Intel 9600 baud external modem that was built like a tank. I could easily read along with the modem at those rates. Anyone remember Tapcis to keep the connection time down? I believe it was $6 per hour.
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12-12-2006, 05:59 PM #10Junior Guru Wannabe
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I thought Al Gore invented the Internet Tina.
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12-12-2006, 06:02 PM #11Invented the Internet
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Al Gore? Please, don't be silly:
http://lists.evolt.org/archive/Week-...13/112542.html
It even says so in my title!
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12-12-2006, 07:55 PM #12Aspiring Evangelist
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Just wait till i tell everyone that i know where Tina Peters, the inventor of the internet, hangs out during her day
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12-12-2006, 08:18 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by AH-TinaSarcasm, the 6th Ponyman of the Apocalypse.
Please do not inquire about Tim, the 5th Ponyman.
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12-12-2006, 08:25 PM #14Aspiring Evangelist
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Look at the misery, sleepless nights and agoraphobes that you have created Tina......
Then again, we could look at the blossoming internet relationships, cross-country hobbies and friendships, worldwide contacts with family members... no matter what mess or situation they get themselves into next... and up to the minute digital pictures of your nearest, dearest and kindred soul.
For that... we bow to you Tina.
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12-12-2006, 08:35 PM #15Web Hosting Evangelist
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Don't get confused between the "World Wide Web" and the internet. The internet has been around since the 60s, DARPAnet, and I was able to get on it in the 80s to talk with my home office and other scientists/customers.
IE7 is nine years behind the standards or wrong.
But it works in IE!
"IE is a cancer on the web" -- Paul Thurott
"Avoid hacker-bait apps like Internet Explorer" -- Kevin Mitnick
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12-12-2006, 08:54 PM #16Web Hosting Master
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Don't get confused between the "World Wide Web" and the internet. The internet has been around since the 60s, DARPAnet, and I was able to get on it in the 80s to talk with my home office and other scientists/customers.
who were the initial first hosts and how much did they charge for hosting.
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12-12-2006, 11:00 PM #17Web Hosting Master
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One word, MUD
I see it's still around..
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12-13-2006, 05:09 AM #18Web Hosting Guru
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Thanks for the responses guys.
Okay then - when was the 'World Wide Web' first launched to the public?
I remember a piece on a television news channel in the mid-90s who described the forthcoming www as being the 'information super highway' which would mean people would never need to visit a library again. Incidentally, I was a late started and only got an internet connection in 2001 after I had used it in 2000 at college. The old 56kbps which was then upgraded to 1MEG and now onto 8MEG although I can only use around 2MEGs for some reason.
Cheers - Dav
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12-13-2006, 10:13 AM #19Web Hosting Evangelist
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IE7 is nine years behind the standards or wrong.
But it works in IE!
"IE is a cancer on the web" -- Paul Thurott
"Avoid hacker-bait apps like Internet Explorer" -- Kevin Mitnick
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12-13-2006, 11:32 AM #20Web Hosting Master
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so who was the first webhost?
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12-13-2006, 11:35 AM #21Retired Moderator
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I researched and wrote a paper on this about five years ago. If memory serves me, communication via computer network was first publicly hypothesized in 1953, and the first actual transmission of data between two computers via central network was achieved in 1957.
Multiple user/location data transfer was firmly in place within select universities and government/military agencies by the early 1960s. The Internet was opened up to the public in 1984 (I had my first email account in 1986 ), and the World Wide Web followed 7-8 years later.
I'm purely going from memory here. I'll retrieve my paper and post more accurate information (dates and names) later if I remember.Studio1337___̴ı̴̴̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡*̡̡ ̴̡ı̴̴̡ ̡̡͡|̲̲̲͡͡͡ ̲▫̲͡ ̲̲̲͡͡π̲̲͡͡ ̲̲͡▫̲̲͡͡ ̲|̡̡̡ ̡ ̴̡ı̴̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡̡.__Web Design