Internet Event
NSF lifts restrictions on commercial use of the Internet
1991
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After the National Science Foundation (NSF) changes its policy, the Internet is for the first time a publicly accessible network with no commercial restrictions. Four years later the NSF will turn over the Internet’s backbone (main high speed lines and nodes) completely to private industry.
After the National Science Foundation (NSF) changes its policy, the Internet is for the first time a publicly accessible network with no commercial restrictions. Four years later the NSF will turn over the Internet’s backbone (main high speed lines and nodes) completely to private industry.
