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by zeckalpha 2786 days ago
> Originally a file named HOSTS.TXT was manually maintained and made available via file sharing by Stanford Research Institute for the ARPANET membership, containing the hostnames and address of hosts as contributed for inclusion by member organizations.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)

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And where do you think the money to pay the ARPANET contracts came from?
Well, in case anyone was wondering, the answer is US taxpayers: http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/ch106.x07