>>829594
>>as we all know the internet is going straight to hell soon
>Is it? Why?
This
https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=103050
>Privatization: 1993-1998. Commercial
>firms noted the popularity and
>effectiveness of the growing Internet and
>built their own networks. The proliferation
>of private suppliers led to an NSF
>solicitation in 1993 that outlined a new
>Internet architecture that largely remains
>in place today.
>
>From that solicitation, NSF awarded
>contracts in 1995 for three network
>access points, to provide connection
>points between commercial networks,
>and one routing arbiter, to ensure an
>orderly exchange of traffic across the
>Internet. In addition, NSF signed a
>cooperative agreement to establish the
>next-generation very-high-performance
>Backbone Network Service. A more
>prominent milestone was the
>""decommissioning of the NSFNET""
>backbone in April 1995.