[ih] Politics behind the Internet

[Miles Fidelman]

One thing to remember:  Sen. Al Gore SENIOR was a key proponent of the 
Interstate Highway System.  Sen. Gore Jr., followed in his footsteps in 
selling an "Information Superhighway" to the nation.

Also... Brian's book is great.  (And not just because I wrote one of the 
chapters. :-)

Miles

Brian E Carpenter via Internet-history wrote:
> There was a lot of overlap with the political interest in high 
> performance
> computing. In particular, the US High-Performance Computing Act of 1991
> (a.k.a. The Gore Bill) has a whole section on "National Research and
> Education Network".
>
> A good reference is "Building Information Infrastructure", Brian Kahin 
> (editor),
> ISBN 0-390-03083X-X, 1992.
>
> Regards
>    Brian Carpenter
>
> On 22-Jul-24 06:48, Bob Purvy via Internet-history wrote:
>> 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.
>>>
>>> v
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 7:47 AM Gergely Buday via Internet-history <
>>> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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