The Secret History of the Internet

In this prequel to the ‘ICANN and the 7 Keys to the Internet’ podcast, David talks Marques and Andrew through the wildly interesting history of the internet. There’s plenty of information out there about the beginning of the World Wide Web in 1989, but what was happening before that? How did the internet start? How long did it take to turn on? And why does it always start with Sputnik? David answers all those questions and more while explaining how everything came to be. Special thanks to everyone that took the time to talk with us to make this episode. We hope you enjoy!

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:10 How did it all start?
06:30 What is DARPA?
12:20 Packet switching
19:59 Ad break
20:03 A bunch of networks being set up
27:30 The networking problem
36:40 Turning on the internet
39:10 Ad break
39:12 The Internet scales
49:58 Personal computing starts blowing up
56:48 World Wide Web is invented
01:04:10 What comes next?
01:19:50 Outro

Audio/Video Sources:
David Hochfelder Interview with Vint: https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Vinton_Cerf
AT&T Life of a tech operator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX8RHeSuZZc
DARPA 50 Year video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8C2vXfRw8U
DARPA Formative years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHK7Sn66vts&t=24s

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