> 1987"? The first ARPANET link was active in 01969,
ARPANET is not INTERNET
there were many network similar to ARPANET for scope (maybe not size, but Europe was politically much different back then and the wall in Berlin was still there) at the same time ARPANET was alive
Russians had their network too since the late 70s, and at one point they connected to the US directly even during the cold war years! (mid 80s).
> Perhaps you meant that 01987 was the last year it was US-only?
no, it was the year it became "a public accessible network", after NSFNET was established. The year later research centers in Europe were connected to it and were contributing to it.
ARPANET is not INTERNET
there were many network similar to ARPANET for scope (maybe not size, but Europe was politically much different back then and the wall in Berlin was still there) at the same time ARPANET was alive
Russians had their network too since the late 70s, and at one point they connected to the US directly even during the cold war years! (mid 80s).
> Perhaps you meant that 01987 was the last year it was US-only?
no, it was the year it became "a public accessible network", after NSFNET was established. The year later research centers in Europe were connected to it and were contributing to it.
ARPANET was decommissioned in 1990