July 2008
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APPENDIXC
Founders
| Service | Founder | Year Began |
| AT&T Mail | AT&T | 1983 |
| ALOHAnet | University of Hawaii/ARPA | 1970 |
| American People/Link (PLink) | American Home Networks | 1983 |
| America Online for Apple | America Online | 1990 |
| America Online for DOS (PCAO) | Quantum Link/America Online | 1991 |
| America Online for Windows | America Online | 1993 |
| Antiope | France Telecom | 1975 |
| AppleLink | Apple (hosted by GEIS) | 1986 |
| AppleLink–Personal Edition | Quantum Computer, with Apple | 1989 |
| ARPANET | Advanced Research Projects Agency | 1969 |
| ASCII-Net | ASCII Publishing (Japan) | 1985 |
| Bildschirmtext (BTX) | Deutsch Telekom | 1978 |
| BIX | BYTE Magazine | 1985 |
| Boston Citilink | Applied Videotex Systems | 1984 |
| Bunker Ramo | Simon Ramo | 1969 |
| CAPTAIN | Japanese Ministry of Post & Telecommunications ... |
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