[ih] Internet should be in private hands

[Alejandro Acosta]

Hello There,

   I think this is the right list to ask.  My apologies if my comments 
are not accurate.

   I have heard a couple of times that there was a moment in the history 
of the Internet where private companies were putting pressure on the 
community indicating that the Internet had to be controlled by a private 
company, that it had to be in the hands of someone, not in their free 
will. Is it so?. I think these comments used to occur when there was a 
big failure in the network (I think I've heard mostly when there were 
congestion control issues).., probably in the mid 80's or so.

   Am I crazy or the above actually happened? If so, I'm looking for 
information, documentation, references, etc. If I'm wrong nothing 
happen, just let me know :-)


Thanks,


Alejandro,