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1. Interconnection

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How Does the Internet Go From a Pentagon Centred Tool to an Open Web?

John morris is a lawyer who's been involved in internet content issues for decades. Back in the eighties, commercial communications were prohibited on the internet. The unique, decentralized nature of the internet made it easy to scalean the nightes. If a neighboring country wanted to connect the inter net, all they really had to do was figure out a way to connect to kenya. They didn't have to do anything to connect the rest of the world.

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