Re: Breaking: Comcast Challenges FCC Order on Net Management Practices

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

As the author of the first  formal AUP, at least for the NSF networks,  
I can assure you they were strong  and existed. Also Darpa had similar  
works. The AUP evolved slowly to face reality  djf

Begin forwarded message:

From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat net>
Date: September 7, 2008 10:37:51 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net, "ip" <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:   Breaking: Comcast Challenges FCC Order on Net  
Management Practices

DV:

Lest we forget, AUPs have been enforced since the beginnings of the  
ARPANet.
I remember having to read and follow Stanford's AUP in 1983, and  
watching
as a few users who violated it were denied computing and/or network
privileges.

It's important to remember that the Internet is a "network of networks,"
with the owner of each of the networks maintaining administrative  
control
of his or her "piece" of it. This is one of the key architectural  
features
which distinguishes the Internet from the public switched telephone  
network
(PSTN), which was originally a heavily regulated monopoly under  
centralized
control.

--Brett Glass



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