These events happened gradually and under central delegation (that could be revoked, see 1998 root incident), moving from a fully centrally controlled internet (that looked an awful lot like a network) to what we have today, where no one can control both ends of a communication channel, neither sending nor receiving. Nor the route.
Even though it was so gradual that it was almost unnoticeable, the transformation from a centrally controlled network to a true internet where no one is "in charge" can and did of course cause much uncertainty and conflict. And this just gets harder as the Net expands to more than 60% US houselholds served and brings in new users who are utterly clueless. IMO, the solution is to learn how to trust that which we cannot control. To some this may sound even sacrilegious, but life is no different ;-) Cheers, Ed Gerck Bill Manning wrote: > BITnet played a part also, though it was a later on. > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 11:11:05AM -0500, vint cerf wrote: > > yes - Phone Net (University of Delaware developed) and the Telenet (X.25) > > > > vint > > > > At 11:03 AM 1/24/2002 -0500, Michael Hammer wrote: > > >Quick question: Could one university communicate to another university without >going through the ARPANET? > > > > > >Mike > > - > This message was passed through [EMAIL PROTECTED], which > is a sublist of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Not all messages are passed. > Decisions on what to pass are made solely by Raffaele D'Albenzio.
