<P> On February 26, 2015, the FCC ruled in favor of net neutrality by applying Title II (common carrier) of the Communications Act of 1934 and Section 706 of the Telecommunications act of 1996 to the Internet . The FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler, commented, "This is no more a plan to regulate the Internet than the First Amendment is a plan to regulate free speech . They both stand for the same concept ." </P> <P> On March 12, 2015, the FCC released the specific details of the net neutrality rules . On April 13, 2015, the FCC published the final rule on its new "Net Neutrality" regulations . </P> <P> E-mail has often been called the killer application of the Internet . It predates the Internet, and was a crucial tool in creating it . Email started in 1965 as a way for multiple users of a time - sharing mainframe computer to communicate . Although the history is undocumented, among the first systems to have such a facility were the System Development Corporation (SDC) Q32 and the Compatible Time - Sharing System (CTSS) at MIT . </P> <P> The ARPANET computer network made a large contribution to the evolution of electronic mail . An experimental inter-system transferred mail on the ARPANET shortly after its creation . In 1971 Ray Tomlinson created what was to become the standard Internet electronic mail addressing format, using the @ sign to separate mailbox names from host names . </P>

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