12 Streams 2021 6 – Internet2 ‘Internet History Webinar: How the US NSFNET Regional Academic Networks Evolved to Become the Global Internet (1985 — 1995)’
On Friday December 31 2021, in the sixth instalment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams‘ annual highlights, we feature Internet 2‘s ‘Internet History Webinar: How the US NSFNET Regional Academic Networks Evolved to Become the Global Internet (1985 — 1995)‘ from September 14 2021. The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) NSFNET Program (partially) funded a range of (academic) regional networks1, starting in 1985/86. Over a relatively short period of time, the regional networks developed their customer base and funding models and became Internet service providers (ISPs). Connections to the Federal Internet Exchange(s) (FIXs) and the Commercial Internet eXchange(s) (CIXs) were developed, and some of the regional networks evolved to become global ISPs.
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Ana Hunsinger, Vice President, Community Engagement, Internet2
Dennis Jennings, former First Program Director for Networking, NSF
PANEL
Glenn Ricart, SURAnet
Elise Gerich, NSFNET National Backbone
Susan Estrada, CERFnet
DISCUSSANT Guy Almes, Sesquinet
MODERATOR Steve Wolff, NSF Networking Division Director (1986-1995)
VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/12streams2021-6 (Open captions)
TWITTER #12Streams #i2online @Internet2 @gricart #SURAnet @EliseGerich #NSFNET Susan Estrada #CERFnet Steve Wolff #InternetHistory
SIMULCASTS
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ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/12streams2021-6
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