What the internet is. Wanted to have a computer network that could work even if the phones were disconnected. Scope of the internet.
Many web sites have more subscribers than national newspapers and magazines.
An example, ESPNet has more subscribers than Sports Illustrated. It is estimated that there are close to 200 million web pages on the internet at the end of 1996. Parts of the internet. The internet is a network of networks, we are not talking about a closed system like an America OnLine, Prodigy or other closed systems. We are talking about an open system with open access to all areas of the internet.