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Internet2: The History
Greg WoodDirector of Communications
Internet2: A Ridiculously Oversimplified History
Greg WoodDirector of Communications
What to Expect
Some insight into:• What Internet2 is• When Internet2 began• Who started this whole thing• Why there’s Internet2 in the first place• How Internet2 got started
A good story
…but not necessarily the truth
A Ridiculously Oversimplified History of the Internet
Source:Nua Internet Surveys
~1991-1992The Web
~1970ARPAnet
1987NSFnet
1996Internet2
1995Privatization
Number of Internet Users
The End of the Internet, Part I
Commercialization led to a focus on:• Meeting explosion in demand• Reliable service• Short-term (3-6 month) business objectives
Developing the Internet required:• Experimental environment• New underlying technologies• Long-term (3-6 year) view
A Ridiculously Oversimplified History of the Internet2
1995 – Monterey Futures Group
1996 – Cheyenne Mountain –1996
Oct 1., 1996 – Internet2 Announced
January 1997 – First Internet2 Member Meeting
Sept. 1997 – UCAID Formed/First “Internet2 Demonstrations”
April 14 1998 – Abilene Network Announced
Research andDevelopment
Commercialization
Partnerships
Privatization
NSFNET
Internet2, Abilene, vBNSAdvanced US Govt Networks
ARPAnet
gigabittestbeds
ActiveNets
wirelessWDM
SprintLinkInternetMCI US Govt
NetworksANS
InteroperableHigh PerformanceResearch &Education
Networks
21st CenturyNetworking
Quality of Service(QoS)
Internet2 Project Goals
Enable new generation of applications
Re-create leading edge R&E network capability
Transfer capability to the global production Internet
Why University Leadership?
The Internet came from the academic community
• Stanford -- the Internet protocols• NSFNet -- the scaled-up Internet• CERN -- the WWW protocols• University of Illinois -- the Web browser
Universities’ research and education mission require an advanced Internet and have demonstrated they can develop it
Internet2 Membership
University membership• 134 members by 1997• ~190 members today
Corporate membership• First member (Cisco) in April 1997• ~70 members today
Affiliate membership
International Relationships
Internet2
A self-help community
Brings together communities to accomplish things together
Could change the world (again)