Internet - NSFNET was upgraded to 45 Mbit/s
Time: 1991
Place: U.S.
Details: NSFNET was expanded and upgraded to 45 Mbit/s in 1991, and was decommissioned in 1995 when it was replaced by backbones operated by several commercial Internet service providers.
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