Description
EcoNet.com was known as Valueline Direct Internet Consulting Services, prior to its start in 1995. Since that time we have witnessed a major alteration in the fabric of our economy, however EcoNet.com's vision of the internet as a fundamental change technology has remained unchanged.
This change is so big, we are too close to really see how big it is. As an example, let's consider just one business and how the internet has made an impact. Five years ago, if you wanted to buy a stock, you called a broker. Now you are likely conduct that trade on-line. So how long did it take for the world to change? Ameritrade.com is one of the largest on-line stock brokers. How long did it take them to go from zero to one hundred? I looked up Ameritrade.com's domain record. That domain wasn't registered until the end of 1995.
Entire industries can now change in just a few years and we are by no means done yet. In fact, it's just the opposite. We are just getting started!
So how did it all start? Look at this slice of history we have recorded, so you can see even a bigger picture.
1969
DEPT OF DEFENSE LAUNCHES ARPANET
Apollo 11 Lands on the moon...
Dept. of Defense contracts a team of business, acedemic, and government researchers to collaborate on ARPANET. In the following year NCP (the precursor to TCP) is developed.
1975
NETWORK GROWS, ARPANET REDESIGNED
Fall of Saigon, Vietnam War ends...
By this time the first email has been sent, TCP internet protocol has been defined, and ARPANET has now expanded internationally.
1977
TCP FOR UNIX IS INVENTED
Star Wars is seen for the first time...
Just last year the first word processor is introduced by Wang Labs and the first VCR is built by Matsushita. The first internet routers are developed by BBN, Stanford, and University College, London.
1983 ARPANET SLITS INTO TWO NETWORKS U.S.invades Grenada, ET phones home...
Defense now uses MILNET, while ARPANET continues to grow in acedemic and government installations. Close to 1,000 sites are now on the TCP/IP internet network.
1991
GOPHER WAIS AND ARCHIE RELEASED
Savings and loan scandal and a Gulf War.
Gopher servers provide information retrieval for most major universities. CIX, the Commercial Internet Exchange, is formed. The number of hosts passes 100,000.
1992
WORLD WIDE WEB IS LAUNCHED
Bill Clinton is elected president...
17,000 networks, in 33 countries, and over 1,000,000 hosts connected to the internet. Founder of EcoNet.com becomes a regular user.
1993
NSF CREATES INTERNIC
President Clinton's email address published...
The world wide web as we know it comes to life for the firsttime. Only a handful of ISPs exist.EcoNet.com founder completes first internet project.
1995 ECONET.COM BUILDS FIRST WEBSITE Forest Gump wins best picture...
The first 24hr internet radio station begins broadcasting in Hong Kong. The web is still largely unknown with only 20-30 million users world wide.
2000
ECONET.COM ISSUES FIRST SHARES
Government proposes breakup of Microsoft...
EcoNet.com issues first shares to founding team members and moves toward a private placement.
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