Apparently the designers of that infographic do not recall things like FidoNet which connected dial-up BBS systems around the planet before general access to the Internet was easily available to the public. The tools were different but still accomplished the same purposes.
Stephen Abram is a librarian and principal with Lighthouse Consulting Inc., and executive director of the Federation of Ontario Public Libraries. He blogs on library strategies for direction, marketing, technology and user alignment.
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Apparently the designers of that infographic do not recall things like FidoNet which connected dial-up BBS systems around the planet before general access to the Internet was easily available to the public. The tools were different but still accomplished the same purposes.