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More Recent Past Issues July 1997 to Present

June 1997 (6.03)

We update the governance wars: IAHC is embattled by those seeking government intervention (CIX, NSI, Rutkowski,European Commission) in a bitterly fought struggle to ensure that its plan for multiple DNS registries is still born. USC tells NSI that NSI acted only on the consensual authority of the internet community in carrying out the IANA functions. Postel's contractual authority from DARPA ends. We interview Barbara Dooley and Robert Collet of the CIX and find out that they want government intervention against IAHC. They complain about lack of process and ask for phase out of TLDs within five years. We interview Farooq Hussain about international Internet infrastructure. Farooq examines 4 models of international backbone building. We republish a matrix showing connectivity of over 100 ISPs at the 6 major American public exchange points. We comment on Tony Rutkowski's anti IAHC legal brief and we publish an interview with Jeff Michka on further privacy problems in Washington Sate. - 24 pages

May 1997 (6.02)

Clinton Administration Meddles in the Internet. Ill considered White House move leads to Federal Interagency Working Group on Domain Names. Bars needed formation of independent IP registry. Magaziner claims to want free market but instead inserts government hand and topples carefully crafted arrangements to extricate IP numbers from the DNS mess. A compilation of background material on this event. Interview with John Curran, CTO of BBN Planet, critiques the RBOCs proposal that the FCC lift access charge exemption on ISPs. Interviews with Brad Hokamp and Hank Kilmer of Sprint detail Sprint's internal reorganization. Sprint says end of flat rate pricing is not needed. - 24 pages

April 1997 (6.01)

Domain Name System Under Stress - a brief history of NSF stewardship of the project and a look at both the great difficulties that IAHC will face in establishing the Council of Registrars system and the potential for legal problems. The COOK Report Examines Routing: An interview with Noel Chiappa that looks at the aspects of current routing technology that are not scaling well and calls for work to begin on the development of new technology. Curtis Villamizar explains why aggregation remains difficult. Interview with Tony Bates examines the CIDR Report. Jack Buchanan questions LEC pricing and reviews issues of universal service. - 24 pages

March 1997 (5.12)

Interview with Dave Hughes on the progress of his NSF funded Wireless Field Trials project. Hughes discusses technology and policy developments that give Internet users the possibility of using wireless for Local Exchange Carier bypass. Interview with Paul Mockapetris on QoS issues and the progress of @Home. Interview with Craig Labovitz on tools developed by MERIT to assist in measuring ISP performance. Paul Vixie presents ideas on peering. Explanation of way of "cheating" at FDDI based exchange points that will be quashed at the MAEs by availability of filtering capacity from MFS. Letter to the Editor from Sean Doran outlines connectivity strategy for Tier 1 want-to-be providers. Heker ousted from GES. - 24 pages

February 1997 (5.11)

Survey of critcial business and technology issues for the Internet in 1997. Quality of service (QoS) technology and issues. Interview with Cisco's Fred Baker on router technologies for QoS. Interview with Scott Bradner on QoS's role in moving VPNs to the public Internet. Interview with Noel Chiappa on engineering considerations in the implimentation of QoS. Interview with Bob Moskowitz on the progress of the Automotive Network eXchange plans for ISP certification. Short assessment of plans for American Registry for Internet Numbers. World Net Access buys GES. Debate on K-12 technology policy. Interview with Scott Bradner on Internet II. - 24 pages

January 1997 (5.10)

Internet pricing model is changing. Interview with Vint Cerf on reasons for MCI's pricing changes. Interview with BBN's John Curran on the major's use of private interconnects and BBN's methods for increasing bandwidth provisioning. The small but very modern telco: interview with President of Northern Arkansas Telephone Company. Brief survey of unresolved issues in provisioning Quality of Service in the Internet. Critique of some of the Universal Service Board's recommendations to FCC for K - 12 and Library connectivity. MercerNet update as an example of the weakness of the suggested regulations. Laura Conaway reports on Nynex, K - 12 and libraries in Maine. - 24 pages

December 1996 (5.9)

An examination of private interconnect points as the new top level hierarchy of the Internet. Sean Doran and Mike Trest discuss alternative roles for the continued evolution of public exchange points. A rural ISP business model - interview with Johnathon Dasteel, owner of Frontier Internet. AGIS versus CAIS - the issue of maintaining credibility in the ranks of second tier National Service Providers. Continued troubles of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. In search of a viable business model for web based publishing - niche market versus the industrial age model. - 24 pages

November 1996 (5.8)

Interview with CEO of FASTNET, a regional internet service provider, on ISP business model issues and telecommunications deregulation issues. Detailed discussion of current issues regarding peering and transit at network exchange points shows many problems with current situation. What is Internet II? We can find as yet no clear definition of purpose. GES (JVNCNet) service is subject of Nanog complaints. Competency of GES questioned. International Leased internet lines that land in the US - a very tentative attempt at a listing. - 24 pages

October 1996 (5.7)

AT&T Worldnet Interview in the context of the "corporatization" of the Internet. Digital's Palo Alto Internet Exchange places web servers at the Exchange. Teleglobe talks about the business model of provisioning trans Atlantic internet services. John Curran on ATM. Sean Doran's evaluation of some Internet technical issues. Two key resources for the DNS controversy. WNA net's business plan. IPPM discussions of IP provider metrics. What caused recent routing table bulge. Syn Attacks serious. - 24 pages

September 1996 (5.6)

Case study of the formation of ATMnet, a regional OC-3 backbone provider in California with national aspirations. Interview on the problems faced by Texas Instruments in renumbering its IP networks. Interview with Don Heath, Internet Society Chief Operating Officer, on ISOC's new direction and ILPF. Interview with Dave Farber on Internet Law and Policy Forum. Interview on state of Rusian Internet with Marat Guriev, chief policy advisor to President Yel'stin. Article on peering at MAE East and elsewhere. Interview with Jim Warren on the demise of the Executive Director of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. - 24 pages

August 1996 (5.5)

Special issue on Internet governance and the Internet Law and Policy Forum (ILPF). With large sums of money at stake, and anger over NSI's charging for domain names, we have a vacuum of power emerging. ISOC is under attack. CIX is not respected and Jon Postel, who is respected, has an internet draft that would create new international Top Level Domains and give resulting income to ISOC. With Tony Rutkowski the former Executive Director of ISOC turning against his old employer, we sort out the jockeying for authority. We look in great detail at the lawyers who would like to step in and speak for the Internet. We find the governance process proposed by the ILPF to be completely contrary to the traditions of the Internet community. We urge that community to watch the ILPF very carefully. - 30 pages

July 1996 (5.4)

Article about Ipsilon's IP Switch. Interviews with Ipsilon principals and with Noemi Berry who has been beta testing the product at NASA for 6 months. Summary discussion on intricacies of peering and transit from NANOG. News Briefs on internet telephony and ANX (tm). Book review of O'Reilly family of web books. Evaluation of UUNET - MFS merger. What's Wrong with NTIA NII Grant Process? - a case study of MercerNet. AGIS sued. - 24 pages

June 1996 (5.3)

Article about Bay Networks Routers as routing engines for major Internet backbones. We conclude that for the time being Cisco's lead is safe. MFS buyout of UUNET. Parts 2 through 6 conclude our COOK Report publication of our Special Report on NII in Washington State. - 48 pages

May 1996 (5.2)

May 1996 (5.2) Interview with John Curran CTO of BBN: Has the Internet rendered ATM Irrelevant? Interview with BBN Product Mnager on RSVP protocol. Interview with Sprint executives on new backbone and their ATM plans. What's wrong with NII Policies? by Jeff Michka. Access Indiana policies clarified. Hans Werner Braun moves to Teledesic. Future Internet Architecture - Huge Transit Backbones or Fine Mesh & Many Naps? - 24 pages

April 1996 (5.1)

ATM backround, switched virtual circuits, Cells in Frames research and ATM overhead problems - the "Cell tax." An interview with Noel Chiappa on network design and the ATM influenced question of resource reservation. InternetMCI stakes its furure on ATM - feature interviews with the MCI Data Services Networking and Marketing Vice Presidents. AGIS customers still unhappy (part 2) - long summary from agislist@interstice.com. Peter Flynn and Tony Rutkowski on web standards development. Brief assessment of AT&T Worldnet. - 24 pages

March 1996 (4.12)

Assessing the locus of power in a stratified Internet in context of network renumbering: the implications behind the IETF debate on whether renumbering customer networks should become a "best current practice." A coming bandwidth crunch? And what if anything ATM can do to eliminate the problem. Interview with Dave Sincoskie on Bellcore's views of ATM and the Bellcore NAPs. Interview with Tony Rutkowski on problems of Internet administrative infrastructure. AGIS users form mail list to air complaints about AGIS/Net99 backbone service. First of two parts. - 24 pages

February 1996 (4.11)

Auto Industry Aims To Impose Certification on ISPs by Telling All Parts Suppliers to Get on the Internet. At TeleStrategies Conference Steve Wolff Predicts Internet and Telephony Convergence. Internet Society Pains. @Home Debuts with Impressive Plan for a National Network to Link CATV to the Internet. Access Indiana Update. Colorado Study part 5 - Dave Hughes HiCom System and Bottom up Methodology Described. - 24 pages

January 1996 (4.10)

Is routing key to survival in the internet services business? Detailed examination of the role of the routing arbiter and the beginning of a movement to charge for routing announcements. Interview with Paul Mockapetris, Chair of IETF on future of IETF. Interview of Russel Pipe co-organizer of the Global Information Infrastructure Commission on the role of the Commssion. Sprint excluing small ISPs from the Sprint NAP. Access Indiana in contravention of original charter goes fully commercial. - 24 pages

December 1995 (4.9)

Feature article on growth straining backbone architecture. Routers find it difficult to keep up with demand. Impact of layer 2 switched architecture assessed. Short articles on MAE East route announcements; keystone cops and the Access Indiana program; and the evolution of MCI's business model.- 24 pages

November 1995 (4.8)

Interview with Dave Crocker on provider based CIDR's negative impacts on small ISPs. Response by Noel Chiappa. Critique of NYNEXs plans to put Maine K-12 Schools and public libraries on Internet. Discussion of NAP and routing problems. Evaluation of NTIA's funding of MercerNet in NJ. Discussion of role of Charter Members within ISOC. Comments by MCI's Steve VonRump on MCI desire for settlements appear to contradict those made by Vint Cerf in September COOK Report interview. 24 pages.

October 1995 (4.7)

Zero Sum Internet Business Models. Major article on AGIS' advocacy of lawyers, RBOC internet business moves, Sprint's moves to route filter and abortive trial balloon to move IETF Secretariat to telco funding. Interview with Bill Schrader, CEO of PSI on PSI's view of settlements. Sean Doran writes his analysis of business model views from Sept COOK Report. Interview with NSF of domain name charging. Washington state part 3. 24 pages.

September 1995 (4.6)

Articles on internet business models. An interview with Vint Cerf on MCI's direction. Article introducing the business model debate. Anonymous interview with important network figure. Some would like set tlements. Their imposition is not a foregone conclusion. SprintLink suffers st affing problems. Access Indiana Blows up. IP Numbers may become non portable. AGIS Net99 problems. NII: The Dark Side in Washington State, part 2. 24 pages.

August 1995 (4.5)

Task Force declares Internet unfit for "business quality" e-mail. Federal E-Mail Program Management Office orders a government wide electronic mail system build using OSI standards and specifications from Defense Message System. Effort appears to be a way to sneak double key escrow encryption into government systems. Peering and Transit at the NAPs. The rules explained to the extent that they are known. The first published description of the Club of Six and its position at the top of the Internet pyramid. Why every other network provider is in effect a customer of one of these six. Finally NII: The Dark Side in Washington state. Part one - the destruction of privacy in our public schools. Electronic dossiers on our children. 24 pages.

July 1995 (4.4)

National Information Infrastructure: The Dark Side in Washington State - brief executive summary of 85,000 word special report on coming web of data bases containing our personal information and threatening our privacy. Access Indiana preferred provider contracts awarded. Interview with Ameritech's Dean Riddlebarger. Interview with Carson Hanrahan CTO of Trader's Connection. Dave Hughes' Declaration of civil disobedience to Exon and reflections on cyber porn. Colorado report part 4. 24 pages.

June 1995 (4.3)

NYNEX previews its Internet plans - a COOK Report exclusive. RBOC to offer Internet dial tone by year's end. Extensive critique of NYNEX plans by Gordon Jacobson, President, Portman Communications Services. AT&T's internet Strategy: a look at AT&T Netware Connect Services. Colorado Report part 3. 24 pages.

May 1995 (4.2)

Article on the CIX's Telecom White Paper and Strategic Plan. Interview with CIX President Bob Collet. Comments from ISOC and NSF on the future of Network infrastructure. Routing Disputes between Sprint, PSI, & MCSnet mark introduction of new architecture. ACCESS INDIANA update - web pages touted as keys to community networks. Washington state legislation would effectively bar use of Internet by minors. 24 pages.

April 1995 (4.1)

US Postal Services Seeks to Become Systems Integrator for Internet distribution of Federal state and local information. The kiosk program examined by librarians and the Editor in interview with Susan Smoter. Review of NAP developments, MAE-West, peering and transit issues. Evaluation of New Nysernet, Sprint and NYNEX in New York State. Article on Internet pricing models in view of fall out from MIT conference. Colorado study: two more pages. New wireless developments in San Luis Valley. 24 pages.

March 1995 (3.12)

Access Indiana - An examination of Ameritech's escape from profit cap regulation in all its sates. CivicLink - an Indianapolis Ameritech monopoly on electronic distribution of governmental information. Indiana plan to give dissemination of state information to successful bidder. Another plan for commercial bids on statewide backbone. A third plan for grants to community networks who buy from state approved preferred providers. State communities likely to surrender control of their information future to state choosen private vendors. Colorado's Information Future. We also publish first 6 pages of our 80 page Colorado report. Finally short article on moves to enlarge the Board of the Internet Society - 24 pages.

February 1995 (3.11)

Slashed NSFnet Staff Facing "Catastrophic" Situation Endangering Creation of New Internet Architecture - special issue on NSF problems. Political situation of DNCRI explained in wake of Steve Wolff's departure. Four Crises described: 1) Ameritech's loose handling of the Chicago NAP; 2) Network Solutions tightening up on distribution of CIDR bloc addresses; 3) NSF cancels InterNic cooperative agreement with General Atomics; 4) Knowledgenet lawsuit endangers use of domain names - 24 pages.

January 1995 (3.10)

NSF to Impose Performance Criteria on vBNS - interview with NSF, Interview with Steve Goldstein at NSF on history and future of International Connections Program, Interview with Tom Jennings on development of the Little Garden as a internet service provide reseller net work Historical review of Merit from 1985 to 1993 by Chet Czarko - 24 pages.

December 1994 (3.9)

CIX on Again off Again Filtering - article on continuing CIX problems, Wireless Report part 3, Report on NATO Conference on Future of Russian Internet, part 4 Russian Internet Report - 24 pages.

November 1994 (3.8)

10,000 word interview with Bill Washburn on the fate of the Commercial Internet Exchange; Part 2 Wireless study including a detailed overview of Metricom; Exchange between Medin and Sincoskie on NAP design philosophy; Mecklerweb Implodes - Interview with Alan Meckler and Chris Locke; Russian Internet NATO Conference; EFF Co- Founder Admits He Could Have Killed Digital Telephony - 36 pages.

October 1994 (3.6-7)

October Double issue: Exclusive 4 hour Interview with Dr Steve Wolff on NSF Policy; Part 1 of a Special Report on Wireless as a telco by-pass to the local loop and on ramp to the internet; NSF Strategy: Co-opting the telcos; Ameritech's plans for internet service; Year of Internet at ONEBBSCon; NSFnet Transition Report - Problems with the NAPs; Russian Internet part 3 - 36 pages.

September 15th 1994 (3.extra)

extra issue concentrating on the events leading up to and including the September14 CIX membership meeting - 12 pages.

August 1994 (3.5)

CIX Board Enforces Routing- Filters to Go Up November 1 1994. In 7,000 words we explore the ramifications of the story we broke to the net. The Russian Internet Part 2 - The ISF, The other Russian Networks; An exclusive lengthy interview with Dr. Alexander Goldfarb, Director of Soros Foundation's International Programs. - 24 pages

July 1994 (3.4)

Russia Is Successfully Building its own Internet - part 1 (Relcom, RELARN, The Moscow Backbone); We Protest NSF Awards Before GAO; BBN Becomes a National Net power; Resolana Electronica by Dave Hughes - 20 pages.

June 1994 (3.3)

MecklerWeb launched as Commercial Network Knowledge Exchange - interview with founder gives most complete picture of how this carefully crafted venture will operate; EFF Open Platform - Does it Apply to Cable TV?; NSF Solicitation - New Developments; K-12 Innovation Part 2 - The Princeton I-net - 24 pages.

May 1994 (3.2)

The Commercial Internet Exchange: Its Role in Internet Policy; AT&T Fails to Join CIX; Congressman Conyers Begins Probe; OSTP Exerts Neither Oversight nor Management?; NSF Fails to Answer Commercial Use Questions - 24 pages.

April 1994 (3.1)

Sprint Versus MCI and NSF: HPCC Backbone Awards Draw Protests, Text of 3/15 Filing by Sprint; NAP Controversy; CoREN Test Net in Place - 24 pages.

March 1994 (2.12)

The Network and K-12. Ferdi Serim and his innovative plans for Princeton Regional Schools (12,000 words). PSI enters Japanese commercial internet market. Wolff announces controversial award authorizations. The NSB award authorization memos published. Axes & Cursors: Dave Hughes and the Editor discuss factors during the Editors tenure at OTA that appaer to have derailed NREN Assessment. 24 pages.

February 1994 (2.11)

The Internet as Corporate Marketing and Communications Platform - Analysis of weaknesses of traditional publishers' approach to Internet use evolves into development of MecklerWeb. COX, Prodigy, Bell South joint ventures analyzed. Letter to National Science Board. View inside ANS. 24 pages

January 1994 (2.10)

Hybrid Networks in the Context of NII Design - an in depth look at Hybrid's asymmetric technology and its interplay with NII Policy making. Special section on DNCRI & its NSFnet budgets; ANS and the Diamond Mine strategy; and the UUnet, PSI, Netcom, and InternetWorks Legal challenge to solicitation. 24 pages

December 1993 (2.9)

Doing Business on the Internet, How the Electronic Highway is Transforming American Companies, a 7000 word review of Mary Cronin's landmark book. ANS joins the CIX - 3 articles, ANS Northern telecom alliance analyzed, Why Must NSF Use coop Agreements?, Computer Nets and Health Care part 3. 24 pages

November 1993 (2.8)

Reshaping the Landscape of the American Internet - Examination of the Unresolved Issues Behind the vBNS Solicitation (7000 word article based on interviews with isiders); Computer Networks and Healthcare (part 2 - community health info nets) ANS closes regional sales offices; Love on NII policy. 24 pages

October 1993 (2.7)

Computer Networks and Healthcare: A Survey of Four Growth Areas (part 1 - Medical EDI); Solving the Great Policy Routing Mystery - NSF not the Cause of Perot Systems Problems; EFF and Jamie Love Debate Love's article for Sept Cook Report; Measured usage continued. 20 pages

September 1993 (2.6)

Cable TV versus the Telcos conclusion. Why CATV has won. PSI Continental Cablevision internet over CATV agreement - interview with PSI CEO Bill Schrader. Article by Jamie Love on Problems in assuring access to Federal data; Internet pricing schemes. 18 pages

August 1993 (2.5)

Cable TV versus the Telcos: Who Will Build and Control National Information Infrastructure? Part 1 of a 2 part Special Report. Telecommunications Policy Round table formed. List of all attendees. 16 pages

July 1993 (2.4)

Editorial: For NREN and NII Administration Offerings Bandwagons and Circusaes. ANS CO+RE Loses $3,849,702 - A commentary on Competitive Ability of Gov't Funded Networks. MCI & 8 Mid-Levels Announce CoREN. A Tangled Financial Web - Merit and ANS 990s Appear to Contradict Each Other but Attorney Finds No Culpability. The Super Mario Brothers as Educators - Salvation or Snake Oil? Academic Press Becomes Worried by HR1757. Phone Companies As Internet Providers. Director of OSTP Says Internet to Become Commercial, Predominantly Private Sector Network. 22 pages

May-June 1993 (2.2-3)

Analysis of the findings of the IG Review, Letter to Congressman Boucher on policy implications, exclusive interview with Montgomery Fischer who researched and wrote the IG Review; IG Review findings and conclusions reprinted. Memo for the Record: Following the money trail. 20 pages

April 1993 (2.extra)

Published April 12, this extra broke the story two weeks before the issuance of the IG Report on the improper give away of the Backbone to ANS. 6 pages

April 1993 (2.1)

The issue tracks the current understanding of the NSF's plans for a new backbone as the issuance of the solicitation is further delayed. MCI reveals that it too has given ANS two million additional dollars. ANS Form 1023 Developments. Tom Grunder calls for a Corporation for Public Cybercasting. 18 pages

March 1993 (1.12)

The final issue of Volume 1 of the COOK Report yields new findings from FOIA documents of lack of accounting in NSFnet privatization, review of ATM technology progress, summary of Northwestnet Big Sky Telegraph Controversy, interview with Alan Baratz on IBM's cost sharing role in NSFnet backbone. 18 pages

January/February 1993 (1.10-11)

double issue. "NSFnet Privatization and the Public Interest: Can Misguided Policy be Corrected?" A 35,500 word history and policy analysis of the privatization of the NSFnet based on 500 pages of NSF documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act and on the author's OTA experience. Documented with 133 footnotes. Contains NSFnet Director Steve Wolff's comments on the first draft as 40 additional footnotes. Includes chronology of events, and comments by other reviewers of the draft. 36 pages

December 1992 (1.9)

An NREN Agenda in the National Interest - A Challenge for Clinton, Gore and the Congress. IBM's SONET Strategy for the PLANET PARIS switch. MFS Announces high speed backbone. Sprint, UUNET and PSI build first NAP. ANS as a Servant of the Public Interest -What the Form 990 Reveals. Questions about the ANS Infrastructure Pool. Routers said to Face Unique Challenges Given Complexity of NSFnet. 18 pages

October 1992 (1.8)

IBM's Cable TV agenda in the context of the Backbone Draft Solicitation. Commercialization and COREN in the Context of the Backbone Rebid. Analysis of Comments on Backbone Draft Solicitation with especial emphasis on the NASA critique. 16 pages

7 September (1.6)

double length issue. Building New Backbones: A Tale of Two Philosophies. NSF Appears Determined to Repeat past Errors While NASA and DOE Execute Outstanding Backbone Rebid. IRS States that as of August 25, 1992 ANS Does Not have 501(c)(3) Status. Reports from ONE BBSCON by Dave Hughes & Steve Cisler. NLM's Director Appointed HPCC Coordinator: Substance or Window Dressing? T-3 Router Flapping. Internet Domain Survey and Provider Directory. 20 pages

August 1992 (1.5)

The Network as a Testbed for Router Development - Diving the Meaning of the Backbone Solicitation in the Context of T-3 Router Woes. New Gore Legislation. Community Learning and Information Network Revisited by Dave Hughes. 10 pages

July 1992 (1.4)

The FNCAC May 15 Meeting and the Backbone Solicitation: an Analysis of the Process and the Plans. Editorial: Some Fallacies Behind the "Buy-in" Model of Backbone Funding. 10 pages

June 1992 (1.3)

What is ANS and ANS CO + RE? Incomplete Delaware Corporate Findings Reveal Ambiguities. Is COREN a Plan to Interconnect Network Access Points? 14 pages

May 1992 (1.2)

Analysis by Dave Hughes of Community Learning Network. MCI & Suranet to offer COREN. ANS' Maloff says ANS and CIX are likely to interconnect. 12 pages

April 1992 (1.1)

Editor's transcripts and commentary from the March 12th, 1992 Congressional Hearings into the management of the NSFnet. 12 pages