As a result, during the late 1980s, the first Internet service provider (ISP) companies were formed. Companies like PSINet, UUNET, Netcom, and Portal Software were formed to provide service to the regional research networks and provide alternate network access, UUCP - based email and Usenet News to the public. The first commercial dialup ISP in the United States was The World, which opened in 1989.
when was the internet invented for home use
the late 1980s