The true invention of the internet, redux, and Goodmail/Network Neutrality
Submitted by brad on Fri, 2006-03-17 17:34I wrote an essay here a year ago on the internet cost contract and how it was the real invention (not packet switching) that made the internet. The internet cost contract is "I pay for my end, you pay for yours, and we don't sweat the packets." It is this approach, not any particular technology, that fostered the great things that came from the internet. (Though always-on also played a big role.)