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Universities soon swamped available computer time with loads of E-mail, much to the irritation of the Military. That is why the Military started up their own network (MILNET). (more on all that in the section on Internet History).
The business community, always eager to make an extra buck/D-Mark/Pound or whatever, has now woken up to the power and price of E-mail. Most large corporations have their own E-mail functions today, as do County Authorities and others.
With the lower cost of individual E-mail addresses in the early 1990īs it has now become more and more popular for everyman (to use the British expression) to have an E-mail address at home.
Some of the things E-mail can be used for: