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Does ARPANET mean anything to you? Without ARPANET, it's quite possible we wouldn't have the massive growth that has resulted from an open internet that doesn't
by izendejas 16y ago
Does ARPANET mean anything to you? Without ARPANET, it's quite possible we wouldn't have the massive growth that has resulted from an open internet that doesn't discriminate packets. Would you have preferred Telcos (or other "private endeavors") designing the internet protocols with proprietary standards and full control over every packet (or lack thereof if they had had their way)? Yes, entrepreneurs have redefined the internet, but both complement each other very well and without one, you can't have the other.
- stretchwithme 16y agoAnd how did THE Telco get that way? Why the government gave it a monopoly. I'm not sure I would hold that up as an example of enterprise. More like the-entire-country-is-captive enterprise. If the government hadn't established AT&T as a monopoly, we would've had more innovation. Somebody would have tried to send faxes decades earlier if it were legal to plug your own equipment equipment into the wall.