CompuServe Launches: First Consumer Internet Service
CompuServe launched the first consumer internet service, giving ordinary Americans access to electronic mail and online forums for the first time in history. This commercial breakthrough proved that networked computing had mass-market potential, creating the user base and business model that would evolve into the modern internet within fifteen years.
September 24, 1979
47 years ago
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