Submitted by Igor Faletski on March 11, 2007 - 12:28am.
I am very grateful to the United States Department of Defense for that ARPANET project they had. By keeping most ot corporate America out of the development process ARPA created something that revolutionized the way we communicate without trying to make the big bucks. Imagine a world where one would have to pay for every website viewed and every email received... Not a pleasant prospect, but one that every telco would definitely adore (just look at the recent Network Neutrality debate). Teluses and Bells of the world missed their chance to control the Internet.