Title :
Privatizing the Internet: Competing Visions and Chaotic Events, 1987–1995
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Sci. & Technol. in Soc., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
The US National Science Foundation played a key role in the history of the Internet by overseeing its transition from government to private operation. In the process, NSF was forced to balance the competing visions of scientists, politicians, and private industry. This article describes the conflicts, trade-offs, and unexpected events that led to a technical and social transformation of the Internet.
Keywords :
Internet; social aspects of automation; Internet privatization; Internet social transformation; Internet technical transformation; US National Science Foundation; chaotic event; politicians visions; private industry visions; scientists visions; unexpected event; Chaos; Collaboration; Computer network management; Financial management; History; IP networks; Internet; Power generation economics; Privatization; US Government; Al Gore; Internet; NREN; NSFnet; networking; privatization;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2010.24
