1985 / 1993 The very first Internet Domains It was alread in 1985, March 15 that was registered the very first .com Internet Domain. The very furst domain Symbolics.com was registered by a no longer existing Tech company. The domain was later acquired by Aron Meysted, a domain entrepreneur who turned the domain into a Web Museum. An interesting site to look at. Only very few Technology corporations and hi tech individuals, almost exclusively based in the US had the idea to register .com Domain names. It took 10 years until the first Pioneers of the Internet start become active. More about the very early Domains like HP.com, GE.com or TI.com in the VB.com Internet Hall of Fame edited by the author of this article. France Telecom misses the today extremely valuable Two Letter domain FT.com registered 1994 November 30 by the newspaper Financial Times. The full FranceTelecom.com was registered a year later 1995 September 14.
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1993 The very first Internet Cafe in Paris opens in the historic Postal Building The Whitepages History section starts in 1671 when Leon Pajot et Louis Rouilé started the Royal French Posdtal Services on 9 rue des Dechargeurs ... Here we are back in the exact same building on 9 rue des Dechargeurs. Opening of the 3rd Sony Boutique adding a Callback Telephone service and an Internet Cafe ... Symbolics.com
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