7 amazing facts about the internet you probably never knew
The first webcam was only used as a coffee-CCTV camera, the first emoji predated the internet by about 4 years, and other crazy internet facts
It’s nearly impossible nowadays to imagine our lives without the internet. We use it every day to read the news, to work, to study, to communicate and to entertain. The way it has evolved and how it has been adopted is one of the great milestones of humanity.
We can safely say that the internet is one of the most important breakthroughs of the Modern Era. It was born almost 40 years ago and has been the main player in converting us into an information society.
But even with all this extra info at our fingertips, you may not be aware of some of the more impressive and bizarre internet facts. Internet experts in Spain, Telecable, share with us the most interesting curiosities about the invention that has cahnged our lives so much.
1. It reached 50 million users in 4 years
In the process, it broke the record for gaining followers of such inventions as the television and the radio, which both took a good number of years – at least 10 – to reach the same amount of users that the Internet did in only four. That’s a feat no other medium has been able to match!
2. Google is the main search engine in the world
It’s the best browser in the world, and for it to operate, it’s necessary for thousands of computers to work to give immediate answers to people’s online searches. It is so popular that everyone is competing to position their web sites amongst the first results of this search engine.
3. The first webcam was used in 1993
With the arrival of smartphones, webcams are less important to people with desktop computers. Nonetheless, all the laptops in the market have one, in addition to some all-in-one desktop computers. The first online webcam in history was used in the Cambridge University computing lab. Its only objective was to see if the coffee was ready to avoid unnecessary trips to check if the coffee machine had done its job.
4. The web was invented 40 years ago
But who invented it? This is one of the most interesting internet curiosities. Its creator was Brit Tim Berners-Lee. He planned it to enable scientists to share their knowledge in a fast and optimum manner with other people around the world, and he gifted it for free to the peoples of the world, forgoing the billions he could have earned.
5. The latest internet user figure is 3.4 billion
3.4 billion people connected in a network that allows interaction between users living in completely different parts of the world. In general, people using the internet include the totality of the world population, except places or countries where there is no internet.
6. The first emoji was created in 1979
How many times have we replied with an emoji instead of typing text? However, these have not always been with us either. In 1979, Kevin Mackenzie created the first emoji, even though it was incredibly simple and was made of a hyphen and a closing bracket -)
A few years later, Scott Fahlman, a scientist from the Carnegie-Mellon University, proposed to use a combination of typographical symbols to make jokes and confuse messages. His idea was to use the combination :-D This is considered the first modern emoji.
7. Internet addiction exists
Indeed, cyberaddiction or addiction to the internet is a fairly frequent and delicate problem, since people can abuse the time they spend on the net. This has consequences in all fields of life, and therefore countries such as China have institutions to treat this addiction.
If you have any questions or doubts, or if you want to contract the best possible internet service in Spain, don’t hesitate to contact any of the Telecable offices, call +34 966 196 000, visit the website www.grupotelecable.es or email info@grupotelecable.es
Tel: +34 966 196 000
Excom / Telecable offers top value internet, television and telephone services using a combination of wireless and fibre optic to provide flexible, fast and reliable services to thousands of users in the Alicante province and Mazarrón and Los Alcázares in the Murcia region.
With nearly 30 years of reliable service (Telecable Santa Pola was founded as a fibre optic television provider for the town of Santa Pola in 1993 before expanding rapidly throughout Alicante), Grupo Telecable, a company of Excom, connects thousands of users to essential communications services, guaranteeing reliability, quality service with an ample and experienced technical back-up team, extensive coverage and realistic and competitive pricing for internet, as well as landline or mobile telephone, and television with over 170 international channels.
We currently offer our services in the majority of the Alicante province and some areas of Murcia. We connect thousands of customers in Denia, El Altet, Arenales del Sol, Gran Alacant, Santa Pola, La Marina, Campo de Elche, Guardamar, San Luis – La Siesta – El Chaparral – El Dorado – El Limonar – Punta La Vívora – El Salado – Torretas – Torrevieja – La Zenia – Los Dolses – Villamartín – Las Filipinas – Los Montesinos – Orihuela Costa – La Mata, Los Alcazares and Camposol.
We solve any problem that might occur with your connection within 24 hours or less using our own highly trained service team.
What are our principal services?
Internet
Services offered from just 20 euros per month, either via wireless or fibre optic connections and telephone and television services can be added for complete packages, and they always have attractive offers and deals on, so ask about their latest promotions.
Wimax telecable gives a secure and stable connection for areas without fibre optic coverage, offering guaranteed speed for the service you choose and up to 50 Mbps transmission.
Fibre optic FTTH packages connect directly to your home, so there is no branching, no loss or variation in the fast connection speed and no falsification of the upload speed possible; the speed we quote is the speed you get.
• This is a reliable, secure and trustworthy service and we passionately believe that we offer the best internet service in the areas we cover with a reliable signal, connecting your computer, mobile phone, gaming consol, tablet and more to enjoy internet connection in the comfort of your home or office.
In addition, holiday home owners can suspend the Internet, television and landline telephone service, and with just an email can activate or deactivate the service as often as they wish.
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Our branches :
Alicante province:
Denia: Av. de Valencia,50. Phone: 966196001
Gran Alacant: Av. Escandinavia, 72. Phone: 966196000
Santa Pola: Plaza Maestro Quislant, 6. Phone: 966694005
La Marina: Calle Estocolmo, Rotonda de las Antenas. Phone: 966196000
Guardamar: Calle Madrid, 21. Phone:966196000
Ciudad Quesada: Av. De Las Naciones, 1.Phone: 966196000
San Luis: Plaza Tolosa. Phone: 966196000
Murcia region:
Los Alcázares: Av. De La Libertad, 257. Phone: 868 17 07 00
Camposol: C.C. Sector A. Phone: 968 17 11 44
