[ih] What does being "in charge of the Internet" mean?

[Vint Cerf]

the design intent was that each network would be operated independently

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On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 10:22 AM Dave Crocker via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> On 12/7/2022 3:55 PM, Jack Haverty via Internet-history wrote:
> > IIRC, one of the fundamental questions of the "Internet Experiment"
> > was whether or not it was possible to create and operate a network for
> > which no one person or entity was "in charge".   Prior networks, such
> > as ARPANET, were managed and operated by a single locus of control,
> > e.g., DARPA/DCA for setting policy, and contractor BBN to handle the
> > technical operations of the switching fabric.
>
> Given that the Internet had a single backbone for a long time, I'm not
> sure the no one in charge goal was pursued all that explicitly.
>
> Rather it was backed into, when additional backbones developed
> independently, finally producing a concession to make it possible to
> support -- route among -- them equally.  And this was NSFNet time, not
> DARPA time.
>
> d/
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