Internetworking companies, most notably Cisco Systems, entered the market with local and wide-area networking products using off-the-shelf components and custom software.
Students may access online lectures posted on their designated websites anywhere in the world, at any time they wish, as long as they have an internet connection.
Like the original, there were two main projects and only one was funded, but unlike the original, the work of Dr. Tadashi Hikari (the series' version of Dr. Light) in the field of networking and AI programs had been funded over Dr. Wily's research in robotics.
"Internetworking with TCP/IP" (German) taught by Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel (>9,800 enrolled participants, 1635 certificates granted).