Actually, the first working packet switching network was established by British scientists, working with the National Post Office (which ran their telecom in the 60s), on a pilot basis. They didn't do anything beyond the pilot at a single location, so ARPA created the first active non-pilot packet switching Net.
So the article is not inaccurate, although it glosses over the contributions of US researchers that led to the British pilot project.
-- Nathan Newman
On Sun, 21 May 2000, Michael Pollak wrote:
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> Right. Next you'll be telling us you invented Al Gore. Who come to think
> of it does walk like a bit like a Royal robot . . .
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> Manchurian Michael
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