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<p><a href="page.php?w=Packet_switching">packet-switched</a>, and <a href="page.php?w=leased_line">leased line</a> data transmission.</p>

<p><big> History </big></p>
<p>Public packet switching networks came into operation in the 1970s. The first were <a href="page.php?w=Packet_switching">RETD</a> in Spain, in 1972; the experimental <a href="page.php?w=Packet_switching">RCP</a> in France, also in 1972; <a href="page.php?w=Telenet">Telenet</a> in the United States, which began operation with proprietary protocols in 1975; <a href="page.php?w=Packet_switching">EIN</a></p><p>
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