Leading up to the Internet

• 1957-58:

• • USSR launches Sputnik
  • ARPA formed within the US Dept. of Defense to foster technological advances with military applications

• 1960-65:

• • Leonard Kleinrock and Paul Baran conduct initial research on packet switched networks

• 1966-68:

• • ARPANET, the first wide-area packet switched network, is proposed
  • AT&T turns down ARPA’s offer to build the ARPANET
  • ARPA awards ARPANET contracts to UCLA and BBN