Technically, the internet is 40 years old. But this is if we take into account the first tests and experiments on connecting computers at a distance. The first registrations of domains or commercial sites, which basically marked the beginning of network expansion, only started in the 1980s and, in Brazil, in 1995.

In this context, the first registration of a national commercial domain, “.com.br”, was made by Cemig, the Minas Gerais Energy Company. Therefore, if we do not consider addresses of universities and public agencies, cemig.com.br is the oldest site in Brazil. His 23rd birthday will be "celebrated" on August 17th.

Cmig Page on December 26, 1996

In 1995, when the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee began its activity, it took up to seven days to register a domain, since the process was all manual. In 2008, when the bureaucracy was eliminated, there was a boom in the number of records, with about 25, 000 monthly requests.

All domains that had already been registered in 1995 were noted under 01/01/1996

We currently have over 1.5 million addresses ending in .com.br, which makes Brazil the seventh country with the most national domain registrations in the world. However, when the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee adopted an electronic registration mechanism, all domains that had already been registered in 1995 were noted under the date 01/01/1996. With that, part of this story was lost at that time.

Therefore, the following list is organized into categories rather than chronologically. Check out.

General

• amcham.com
• bol.com.br
• chevrolet.com.br
• dialdata.com.br
• embratel.net.br
• ibase.org.br
• ibm.com.br
• itautec.com.br
• mandic.com.br
• philco.com.br
• porto-seguro.com.br
• tectoy.com.br
• volkswagen.com

Chevrolet's website played a Christmas carol

And Philco had a flying ant

Communication
april.com
agestado.com.br
atribuna.com.br
leaf.com
jc.com.br
oglobo.com.br
redeglobo.com.br
sbt.com.br

Abril left a "slap hole" not to say that it had nothing in its domain

Financial
abnamro.com.br
bamerindus.com.br
banco1.com.br
banespa.com.br
banrisul.com.br
bemge.com.br
bradesco.com.br
unibanco.com.br
credicard.com.br

Who doesn't miss Bamerindus ads?

Research / Government

bndes.gov.br
capes.gov.br
fapeal.br
fapema.br
faperj.br
fapesp.br
ipt.br
lncc.br
mec.gov.br
pucsp.br
rederio.br
rnp.br
tche.br
ufrj.br
unesp.br
unicamp.br
usp.br

Interestingly, the first commercial domain registration in the world was made in March 1985 by a company called Symbolics, which made computers at the time. Now look at the first .com domains in the world.

• March 15, 1985 - symbolics.com
• April 24, 1985 - BBN.com
• May 24, 1985 - think.com
• July 11, 1985 - MCC.com
• September 30, 1985 - DEC.com
• November 7, 1985 - northrop.com
• January 9, 1986 - xerox.com
• January 17, 1986 - SRI.com
• March 3, 1986 - HP.com
• March 5, 1986 - bellcore.com
• March 19, 1986 - IBM.com
• March 19, 1986 - sun.com
• March 25, 1986 - intel.com
• March 25, 1986 - TI.com
• April 25, 1986 - ATT.com
• May 8, 1986 - GMR.com
• May 8, 1986 - tek.com
• July 10, 1986 - FMC.com
• July 10, 1986 - UB.com
• August 5, 1986 - bell-atl.com
• August 5, 1986 - GE.com
• August 5, 1986 - grebyn.com
• August 5, 1986 - ISC.com
• August 5, 1986 - NSC.com
• August 5, 1986 - stargate.com
• September 2, 198 6 - boeing.com
• September 18, 1986 - ITCorp.com
• September 29, 1986 - siemens.com
• October 18, 1986 - pyramid.com
• October 27, 1986 - alphaDC.com