[ih] A revolution in Internet point-of-view - Was Re: Internet analyses (Was Re: IPv8...)

[Dave Crocker]

On 5/10/2026 5:49 PM, Vint Cerf via Internet-history wrote:
> The regional networks were
> partially funded by NSF but were required to become self- supporting over a
> 5 year period (initially 3). It was only in 1989 that UUNET, PSINET and
> CERFNET were commercial operators...


As an outside observer, I feel compelled to ask where The Little Garden 
fits into the funding model?

d/

ps. As an inside participant, I feel compelled to note the the NSFNet 
funding/transition model was first tested 3 years earlier, with CSNet...


d/


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