Happy Birthday! Today's Internet Is 40 Years Old

October 29, 2009 10:37AM - The Internet is now 40 years old, with the first long-distance message sent to launch ARPANET on Oct. 29, 1969.
That first ARPANET message traveled 400 miles from UCLA to the Stanford Research Institute. ARPANET was started to save the Defense Department money and the initial reactions to the founding of the Internet were negative.