History of the internet: a timeline throughout the years
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From the days of dial-up to the development of fibre and 5G. Here is all you need to know about the history of the internet.
By Max Bennett
The Internet has been around for longer than you might think. The first email was sent way back in 1971, and computers first started to digitally share information in 1983.
By the 1990s, it had gained widespread attention, partly thanks to Tim Berners-Lee’s invention of the World Wide Web in 1989. It introduced the ability to create websites and provided a reason for everybody – not just businesses and computer scientists – to connect to the Internet. And by the 21st century, the internet had become one of the most important inventions of all time.
Today, more than 5 billion people use the Internet regularly. It’s become our most-used source for entertainment, life admin, work and communication. Lots of us rely on it entirely for our livelihoods. And it’s created some of the most popular ways to document and run our social lives.
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