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Internet: Telidon, information and e-mail
From early dreams of global information networks to the dominance of the World Wide Web, networked computers have changed the way Canadians interact with the world. For more than three decades the CBC has reported these advances, some revolutionary, others mere flashes in the technological pan. From ARPANET to MP3s, we look at Canada's first steps onto the information highway, and the people who took us there.
Program: IDEAS
Broadcast Date: Dec. 16, 1980
Guest(s): Eric Manning, Anthony Smith
Host: Russ Germain
Interviewer: Max Allen
Duration: 12:08
Last updated: January 22, 2013
Page consulted on March 26, 2013
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