Internet Discussion Links & Questions
History and Background
History of Internet and WWW: The Roads and Crossroads of Internet History
by Gregory R. Gromov
History of the Internet
from ISOC
The First Web Page
Alex Simonis,
A Concise Guide to the Major Internet Bodies
,
ACM Ubiquity
, 6:5, February 15 - 22, 2005.
Statistics
World Internet Usage Stats
OECD Broadband Statistics
Demographics of US Internet Users
Video
Net Neutrality
From
Public Knowledge
From
Hands off the Internet
Stephen Colbert & Jonathan Zittrain discuss the future of the Internet
Warriors of the Net
Moyers on America
Questions
Who invented the Internet? Who invented the World Wide Web? Why?
What is the difference between the Internet and the Web?
What is the Internet Protocol (IP)? What are IPv4 and IPv6?
What is the Domain Name System?
Who governs the Internet?
What is Network Neutrality? What are the principal arguments for and against Net Neutrality? Who is on each side?
Comments?
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