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What if the various different systems that made up the early Internet had not all agreed to become a single system with a single computing standard and language in '83?
What if instead, several different systems had developed that would eventually either be internationally linked through a specific company's systems or would be universal (all companies connect and use them like the Internet) but localized to one region or country?
How would this have changed the modern world?
What would these Internets look like and be perceived by the public?