[ih] Politics behind the Internet

[Leonard Kleinrock]

Good point. Al Gore Jr. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore> promoted all things Internet for many years while in congress (1977-1993) and during that time, as noted, he introduced and championed the High Performance Computing Act of 1991 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Performance_Computing_Act_of_1991> after hearing a presentation by yours truly in 1988 of the CSTB report “Toward a National Research Network”  <https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/10334/chapter/1> ; if you look at the list of committee members of this1988 report, you will find a number of the same folks who are on this mailing list!
Len




> On Jul 21, 2024, at 1:46 PM, Miles Fidelman via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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