The Internet could be described as something of a youthful beast. But even still, the very first domain name to be purchased and registered brings a tear to the eye of anyone that remembers when the Internet was only accessible via a 14.4k modem and an ISP that charged by the minute. Believe it or not, it wasn’t www.internet.com or www.dot.com that was purchased when the Internet was “born.” Instead, it was the somewhat off-the-wall symbolics.com.It’s hard to say why this domain name was the first purchased<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Internet could be described as something of a youthful beast. But even still, the very first domain name to be purchased and registered brings a tear to the eye of anyone that remembers when the Internet was only accessible via a 14.4k modem and an ISP that charged by the minute. Believe it or not, it wasn’t www.internet.com or www.dot.com that was purchased when the Internet was “born.” Instead, it was the somewhat off-the-wall symbolics.com.It’s hard to say why this domain name was the first purchased Continue reading