[Air-L] Oh Canada!

[Anders Sundnes Løvlie]

According to the English Wikipedia article on ARPANET Norway got 
connected in 1968, one year before the net even existed. Beat that, 
Canada! :p

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpanet#Growth_and_evolution

(Seriously though, according to NORSAR we got online in 1973. 
http://www.norsar.no/pc-5-30-NORSAR-and-the-Internet.aspx )

Anders S. Løvlie
University of Oslo
folk.uio.no/anderssl



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>>>> Sylvie Noel<sylvie.noel at crc.ca>  08/03/2011 1:12 pm>>>
> I don't know when Norway was connected, but I can tell you that the
> first time Canada got connected to the ARPANET was on April 3, 1985, and
> it was at the Communications Research Centre of Canada that it happened
> (which is the only reason why I know the date :)
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> Sylvie Noel
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> On 2011-03-08, at 11:50 AM, Barry Wellman wrote:
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>> I believe that Canada was connected to the then-American Internet
> before Norway and UK. Sorry, can't document, but as always bear embraced
> us (and vice-versa), and Sue Thomas and John-Willy Bakke overlooked us.
>> Feeling neglected is so Canadian. :)
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