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A: Columbus, Ohio, United States

Compuserve, the First Commercial Online Service, is Founded

1969

In 1969 Compuserve was founded in Columbus, Ohio, as a way to generate income from Golden United Life Insurance mainframe computers during non-business hours. Compuserve became the first commercial online service in the United States.

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