History of Computer Communication | History of Computer Communications
Based on over 80 interviews of entrepreneurs, engineers, executives, and government regulators, this website chronicles the stories of early startups in the fields of data communications, local area networking, and internetworking. A collection of first-person accounts, market data, and historical narrative, The History of Computer Communications is an excellent source of information for students and professors of computer science, business, and history, as well as anyone interested in the compelling stories of the entrepreneurs that laid the foundations for our globally connected world. This website is indispensable for anyone who shares James Pelkey’s curiosity about the researchers, engineers, entrepreneurs, managers, and regulators who interacted to create the first digital communications networks. First Commercial Modem (Bell 101, 1958) It is hard to imagine, but as recently as the 1960s, computer scientists were uncertain how best to interconnect even two computers. At that time,