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On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Howard C. Berkowitz wrote: > In the beginning, of course, there was the ARPANET. > > Then there was the NSFNET. The NAPs were the first recognizable > exchange points, with AUPs. NAPs were linked by VBNS. I think you left out a few intermediate steps like: - MILNET and the ARPANET-MILNET Mailbridge gateways. - The Wideband Net - CSnet - The NASA Science Internet - The various supercomputer-center centric networks (e.g. JVNCnet) Miles Fidelman ************************************************************************** The Center for Civic Networking PO Box 600618 Miles R. Fidelman, President & Newtonville, MA 02460-0006 Director, Municipal Telecommunications Strategies Program 617-558-3698 fax: 617-630-8946 [email protected] http://civic.net/ccn.html Information Infrastructure: Public Spaces for the 21st Century Let's Start With: Internet Wall-Plugs Everywhere Say It Often, Say It Loud: "I Want My Internet!" **************************************************************************
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