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TriggerTough OP t1_j5q8ccq wrote

Reply to comment by mcgeggy in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough

My father to the world.

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onemm t1_j5qmzn5 wrote

Ok so was the first internet connection sent from NJ to Tokyo? Or NYC to Tokyo?

Cause as a Jersey boy I know New Yorkers love taking credit for a lot of our shit

Edit: just realized what sub I’m on and don’t need to clarify I’m a Jersey boy

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SemiEmployedTree t1_j5urnuz wrote

Depends on what you mean by "internet". Since you used a lower case "i" the correct answer is that the first successful host-to-host connection on the ARPANET was made between Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in Menlo Park CA. and UCLA at 10:30 pm PST on 29 October 1969 (6:30 UTC on 30 October 1969).

The term "internet", which refers not to a network but to the technology, wasn't used I believe until ~1974. The capitalized form "Internet" is usually used to refer to the actual network (i.e physical implementation) but whether that is correct usage and, if so, when the Internet came into existence, is a topic best left to drunk engineers to argue over.

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