The End of the Original Internet
By Claudia Lynch, Benchmarks Editor (lynch@unt.edu)
The last components of the original NSFNet backbone will be shut
down on April 30, 1995. This was the original Internet. Interestingly,
ANS, one of the NSFNet service providers, has been purchased by America Online.
A the note from Elise Gerich of Merit Computer Services, officially
notifying the sites on the backbone of the impending cessation of
service states:
It is a sad note that at midnight in each respective time
zone, the service that Merit, ANS, IBM, and MCI have collaborated to
provide over the last seven years will cease to exist. It is also with
pleasure that we complete this grand experiment on such a successful
note. I think that this partnership has succeeded beyond any of our
dreams. It has been fun!
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