[ih] Politics behind the Internet

[Bob Purvy]

I recall lots of talk about "the information superhighway," but it usually
wasn't very specific.

On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 11:33 AM Vint Cerf via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> around 1996, Congress started to wake up to Internet - it had inklings as
> early as 1992 as domain names were offered for a price.
> Then Senator Gore understood Internet as early as 1986 and encourage its
> development. By 1996 the revision of the Telecom Act paid some attention to
> Internet because the WWW was booming. Limited or no regulation was the
> general posture of the day at that time.
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> On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 7:47 AM Gergely Buday via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
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> > Hi there,
> >
> > when the American Congress realised the importance of the Internet?
> >
> > Back in the eighties we were listening the Radio Free Europe on shortwave
> > radios. Congress supported that financially. Did it have similar thoughts
> > concerning the Internet, that it would spread freedom politically and
> > economically?
> >
> > Yours
> >
> > - Gergely
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