Same as it ever was

The first test of what would become the Internet was a networked login from one computer in California to another Computer in California – at two different labs, not in the same building.

There was a slight communication snag just after the login began after the first two characters were typed in. So they tried again and it worked. Because of that little blip, they had to try the login twice, so the first three characters sent over the fledgling Internet were: LOL