[ih] ARPANET pioneer Jack Haverty says the internet was never finished

Timothy J. Salo salo at saloits.com
Wed Mar 2 19:11:32 PST 2022


On 3/2/2022 10:50 AM, Miles Fidelman via Internet-history wrote:
> ... Let's just hope it doesn't become self-aware, and all the world's phones 
> don't all ring at the same time.  ...

Too late.

Several years back, I was in a meeting (perhaps at the IETF) when half
of the phones in the room rang simultaneously.  It was only a test,
of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs).

-tjs



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