[Answer] Which was the first commercial internet service provider?

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Which was the first commercial internet service provider?

• The World:The 1980s and 1990s were the age of computing, when we filled our nights with dial-up connections over a phone line. The grinding, nerve-grating noise of the modem filled the room while we waited to make a connection that meant internet access. By the mid-1990s, we were all mesmerized by this new thing called "the internet." It wasn't until the 1990s that most were able to get online at home. It was then that internet service providers, or ISPs, became more accessible. Commercial ISPs were banned by the National Science Foundation for years, reserving internet usage for government and universities. That changed in 1989 when "The World" launched as the first commercial ISP. It was a massive success and a new era of technology took off. Source: Viasat.com

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