"It's easy to break the rules when they just let you do it. There are no rules," he says of government policy. "All of a sudden, anyone that was using an MCI mail was also interacting with people on the internet" The public has access to the internet through these commercial services and those things like MCI mail or their competitors became the internet service providers that we know today.
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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