Here is the video of the 1999 CNN interview during which Al Gore claimed that he was responsible for creating internet:

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnFJ8cHAlco"

Land line phones were ubiquitous in American households because they were introduced into American households before government control of the industry. Take a look at countries where telephone service was introduced by the government instead of numerous private enterprises competing against each other: just like the first 30 years of APARNET/Internet, only the government funded institutions had them.

Your recollection is clouded by not properly accounting for inflation (a function of government monetary mismanagement). $5 in 1964 was almost 4 ounces of silver (the coins were actually made of silver), which translates to $120+ today. So what was the real price of per-month land line service back then again? and per minute of long distance? in today's debased dollars? Also, local phone service is not really all that competitive even now unless you resort to internet telephony, which is essentially free today for both local and long-distance.

Some of the line issues that you have been experiencing in the past decade is simply due to lack of maintenance over the decades while under monopoly. Many developments were built in the 50's and 60's, and half a century was about how long the plastic wire insulation lasted.

The 8bit addressing referred to the initial scheme of first 8 bits identifying the institution. That went on for decades in APARNET, simply because there were only less than 128 institutions that had the privilege of using APARNET for decades. Government bureaucrats simply had no incentive to make the technology available to the masses; in fact, the more exclusive the more to stroke their egos . . . just like in countries where governments instead of private sector competition provided land line phone service: entire neighborhoods of dozens if not hundreds of families shared 1 phone.

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• OT: Space shuttle, Eric Law, Fri, 8 Jul 2011 05:53:10
  • Please..., Eric Law, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:46:52
    • Re: Please..., EGD , Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:20:06
  • Re: OT: Space shuttle, brick8, Fri, 8 Jul 2011 12:09:07
  • I'll cheer..., nwas, Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:34:19
    • It's been quite a while, AdamB , Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:33:51
      • Re: It's been quite a while, Reality, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:49:37
    • I guess we should all still be living in caves......, MI-Roger , Sat, 9 Jul 2011 13:06:57
      • That would be the result, Reality, Sat, 9 Jul 2011 13:56:06
        • Re: That would be the result, Eric Law, Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:10:50
          • Re: That would be the result, Reality, Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:37:54
            • Re: That would be the result, James, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:51:50
              • Re: That would be the result, Reality, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:30:03
            • Perhaps..., Eric Law, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:43:19
              • Re: Perhaps..., TML , Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:40:16
                • Yeah, Eric Law, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:12:02
                  • Made up facts indeed, Reality, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:03:30
                • Re: Perhaps..., Reality, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:43:36
                  • Furthermore, Reality, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:20:09
              • Re: Perhaps..., Reality, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:06:32
                • Uh..., Eric Law, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:39:02
                  • Re: Uh..., Reality, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:08:54 <-- Viewing This Message
                    • Re: Uh..., kkelley, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:12:11
                      • Timinger problem, Reality, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:57:22
                        • Re: Timinger problem, kkelley, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:31:49
                          • "I took the initiative in creating the internet", Reality, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:27:25
                            • Re: "I took the initiative in creating the internet", kkelley, Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:46:08
                              • Re: "I took the initiative in creating the internet", Reality, Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:44:26
                                • Re: "I took the initiative in creating the internet", kkelley, Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:31:47
                                  • Re: "I took the initiative in creating the internet", Reality, Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:01:11
    • Agree!, Reality, Fri, 8 Jul 2011 16:36:58
      • Microwave, Comsat, GPS, Reality, Fri, 8 Jul 2011 19:11:59
        • oversimplifications..., James, Sat, 9 Jul 2011 06:38:03
          • Valuation depends on alternatives, Reality, Sat, 9 Jul 2011 07:15:30
            • if NASA had not existed..., James, Sat, 9 Jul 2011 10:18:32
              • Re: if NASA had not existed..., Reality, Sat, 9 Jul 2011 13:48:37
                • Re: if NASA had not existed..., AdamB , Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:27:51
                  • Re: if NASA had not existed..., Reality, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:30:39
                    • oh, and one more thing..., James, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:51:29
                    • Re: if NASA had not existed..., James, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:25:24
                      • Re: if NASA had not existed..., Reality, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:48:45
                • Re: if NASA had not existed..., James, Sun, 10 Jul 2011 03:47:19
                  • Re: if NASA had not existed..., Reality, Sun, 10 Jul 2011 06:10:56
                    • Re: if NASA had not existed..., James, Sun, 10 Jul 2011 06:39:19
                      • Re: if NASA had not existed..., Reality, Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:17:23
                        • Re: if NASA had not existed..., James, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:36:29
                          • I actually agree . . ., Reality, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:29:36
                            • Re: I actually agree . . ., James, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:33:09
                              • Re: I actually agree . . ., Reality, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:07:49
                                • oh, and one more thing..., James, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:35:12
                                • Re: I actually agree . . ., James, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:51:08
                                  • Re: I actually agree . . ., Reality, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:47:28
                                    • Re: I actually agree . . ., James, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:27:26
                                      • Re: I actually agree . . ., Reality, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:44:49
                                        • Re: I actually agree . . ., James, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:48:16
                                          • Re: I actually agree . . ., Reality, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:31:30
                • the only thing dumber that the moon trips..., nwas, Sat, 9 Jul 2011 16:59:06
                  • Whoops... that should have been, nwas, Sat, 9 Jul 2011 17:00:37
    • Re: I'll cheer..., TML , Fri, 8 Jul 2011 14:20:12
    • I think I can handle 0.5% of the federal budget, rob 96 aero, Fri, 8 Jul 2011 11:27:00
      • It's not a lot of money in the big picture. But..., Noel, Sat, 9 Jul 2011 05:20:49
      • Waste is Waste; It all needs to be cut, nwas, Fri, 8 Jul 2011 19:13:25
    • Re: I'll cheer..., NCCaniac , Fri, 8 Jul 2011 09:26:41

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