Infographic: How Internet access has changed over the past 45 years

In 1969 it would have taken up to seven days to download a movie with ARPANET, the first version of the Internet. Now you can download a movie with Fiber Optic Broadband in just one minute.

Although Internet access seems commonplace these days, it has only been developing over the past 45 years and over that period of time has evolved in ways unimaginable when the U.S. Department of Defense started working on the foundations for the Internet we know today in its research laboratories.

MCS Test Equipment released this fun-fact infographic about the evolution of the Internet. Take a look at how far we have come.

Infographic via MCS Test Equipment.