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World Service,05 Aug 1999,4 mins

Sending the First Message over the Internet

My Century

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Sending messages via the Internet is shrinking the world still further - providing instant communication at an economic price. Internet pioneer Professor Leonard Kleinrock describes the day when this technology was born.

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