The Benefits of Packet Switching

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The idea of packet switching is you're breaking data up into little packets and sending it over this distributed network. In a network, this actually helps create something that is decentralized or more accurately distributed because there's three types of networks. There's centralized, decentralized and distributed networks. And this is actually a distributed network. That allows for a lot of data to pass through in a much faster distributed way as data is traveling at the speed of light.

In this prequel to the 'ICANN and the 7 Keys to the Internet' podcast, David talks Marques and Andrew through the wildly interesting history of the internet. There's plenty of information out there about the beginning of the World Wide Web in 1989, but what was happening before that? How did the internet start? How long did it take to turn on? And why does it always start with Sputnik? David answers all those questions and more while explaining how everything came to be. Special thanks to everyone that took the time to talk with us to make this episode. We hope you enjoy!

Audio/Video Sources:

David Hochfelder Interview with Vint: https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Vinton_Cerf

AT&T Life of a tech operator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX8RHeSuZZc

DARPA 50 Year video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8C2vXfRw8U

DARPA Formative years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHK7Sn66vts&t=24s

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