IT was used in its basic format by the military first and developed from there
if i am not mistaken the idea came from the USA and the first computer was made and uses at Iowa State University and the computer took up the entire classroom that it was in.
A Fool's Idea - 2009 was released on: USA: 9 December 2009 (internet)
What Came Before - 2012 was released on: USA: 10 December 2012 (internet)
Leonard Kleinrock is credited with the idea of the Internet, but no single person invented it. The idea began to form in the early 1960s and in 1968 the Internet as it is known today began to take shape.
How to Make - 2013 was released on: USA: 17 March 2013 (internet)
Make It Nice - 2008 was released on: USA: 17 July 2008 (internet)
Promises We Make - 2011 was released on: USA: 8 June 2011 (internet)
Make Love Not War - 2011 was released on: USA: 30 May 2011 (internet)
Make Your Friends Uncomfortable - 2010 was released on: USA: 1 April 2010 (internet)
The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch - 2004 Are You Afraid to Make Millions was released on: USA: 6 May 2008
President Woodrow Wilson of the USA is generally considered the guy who came up with the idea of the League of Nations.
I believe it used the internet to make phone calls. Which means you wont need a phone card.