For the internet to work, there must be cell towers everywhere, many servers built, and tunnels built with cables connecteted to every home.
How was the government/corporations convinced to start construction? How was the public convinced to start paying extra to get access to 10 websites and hope that it would take off?
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Cell towers?
Dafuq?
The internet in that era used telephone lines. Like, landlines in your house. If you were on the internet and someone else in your house picked up the phone you’d lose your connection and have to start all over again.
As for convincing people to pay… America Online (AOL) sent about 3.2 million disks (floppy and CD-ROM) each to every man, woman, and child offering them a free trial.
For me, the early internet was much more about interpersonal communication than websites.
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