Western Union failed in its attempts to engineer a replacement (AUTODIN II), leading to the development of an acceptable packet-switched network by BBN (the developer of the ARPANET) which became the foundation of today's Internet.
Western Union fracasou nos seus intentos de enxeñar un substituto (o AUTODIN II), o que permitiu o desenvolvemento dun aceptábel sistema den conmutación de paquetes de rede BBN (o promotor de ARPANET), que se converteu no fundamento da actual Internet.