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Internet2: The History

Internet2: The History. Greg Wood Director of Communications. Internet2: A Ridiculously Oversimplified History. Greg Wood Director of Communications. What to Expect. Some insight into: What Internet2 is When Internet2 began Who started this whole thing

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Internet2: The History

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  1. Internet2: The History • Greg WoodDirector of Communications

  2. Internet2: A Ridiculously Oversimplified History • Greg WoodDirector of Communications

  3. What to Expect • Some insight into: • What Internet2 is • When Internet2 began • Who started this whole thing • Why there’s Internet2 in the first place • How Internet2 got started • A good story • …but not necessarily the truth

  4. A Ridiculously Oversimplified History of the Internet • 1996Internet2 • Number of Internet Users • 1995Privatization • ~1991-1992The Web • 1987NSFnet • ~1970ARPAnet Source:Nua Internet Surveys

  5. The End of the Internet, Part I • Commercialization led to a focus on: • Meeting explosion in demand • Reliable service • Short-term (3-6 month) business objectives • Developing the Internet required: • Experimental environment • New underlying technologies • Long-term (3-6 year) view

  6. A Ridiculously Oversimplified History of the Internet2 • 1995 – Monterey Futures Group • 1996 – Cheyenne Mountain –1996 • Oct 1., 1996 – Internet2 Announced • January 1997 – First Internet2 Member Meeting • Sept. 1997 – UCAID Formed/First “Internet2 Demonstrations” • April 14 1998 – Abilene Network Announced

  7. Commercialization Privatization 21st Century Interoperable Networking High Performance SprintLink Research &Education InternetMCI Networks US Govt Networks ANS ARPAnet NSFNET Active gigabit Nets testbeds wireless Internet2, Abilene, vBNS WDM Advanced US Govt Networks Quality of Service (QoS) Research and Development Partnerships

  8. Internet2 Project Goals • Enable new generation of applications • Re-create leading edge R&E network capability • Transfer capability to the global production Internet

  9. Why University Leadership? • The Internet came from the academic community • Stanford -- the Internet protocols • NSFNet -- the scaled-up Internet • CERN -- the WWW protocols • University of Illinois -- the Web browser • Universities’ research and education mission require an advanced Internet and have demonstrated they can develop it

  10. Internet2 Membership • University membership • 134 members by 1997 • ~190 members today • Corporate membership • First member (Cisco) in April 1997 • ~70 members today • Affiliate membership • International Relationships

  11. Internet2 • A self-help community • Brings together communities to accomplish things together • Could change the world (again)

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