On 3/12/2014 7:59 AM, Ole Jacobsen wrote:
If the NSFnet was "a precursor to the Internet,"
Forgive the distraction from the primary and entertaining controversy,
but it is best not to let the above phrasing stand, since NSFNet was not
a 'precursor'.
NSFNet was an (important) extension to the already-existing Internet.
Better still is that among its various contributions to Internet growth
was that it provided a second, recognized backbone, forcing the
development of BGP, which permits multiple independent backbones. As
such it moved away from a monopolistic backbone model.
d/
--
Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net