
From NSF to ISP
Command Line Heroes
The National Science Foundation's Vision for a New Network
In 19 85, the n s f net was born. But it was built on a deck micro computer that could manage only 56 kilabits per second. Loading a movie at that speed would take about 213 hours. That system rapidly became overloaded. The national science foundation realized it had to take a different course. They planned to build a network all their own.
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