CESNET network celebrates 30 years

Exactly 30 years ago, on 15 June 1993, the CESNET academic computer network was launched. At that time it connected ten Czech and Moravian university towns at a speed of 19.2 kbit/s, the main Prague-Brno route boasted 64 kbit/s. It was a major milestone in the introduction of the Internet to the Czech Republic. Today, the CESNET network has a transmission capacity of hundreds of gigabits per second, 10 million times faster than 30 years ago. Read more here.