[ih] Fw: First ARPANET Link Put Into Service: November 21, 1969

[Jan Schaumann]

Alexander McKenzie via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> Note that the phone line was installed and operational in October (October
> 29, 1969).  This has nothing to do with November 21.
> 
> In November an IMP (and phone lines) was installed at UCSB.  Perhaps that's
> what this announcement was trying to celebrate? (First possibility of
> multiple pats between source and destination?)

It seems so.  The Wikipedia page for ARPANET[1] says
(after noting the "lo" message on 29 October 1969):

"The first permanent ARPANET link was established on
21 November 1969, between the IMP at UCLA and the IMP
at the Stanford Research Institute."

However, there is no citation for that.

-Jan

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET