IP: What *is* CSTB's new Internet report all about?

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>From: "Jon Eisenberg" <JEisenbe@nas.edu>
>To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
>Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:28:41 -0400



>Dave--
>
>IP readers may be interested in the following.
>
>The Computer Science and Telecommunications Board
>(CSTB) has released a new report in its series on the
>evolution of the Internet, entitled "The Internet's
>Coming of Age."
>
>The early press coverage was a surprise.  News reports
>emphasized a couple of elements, such as broadening
>access, that are actually emphases of other current or
>planned CSTB activities, and generally have missed the
>real contributions  of this report:  an insider-informed
>snapshot of what's really going on at the core of the
>Internet.
>
>Topics covered in the report include:
>-- Scaling Up the Internet and Making It More Reliable
>and Robust
>-- Keeping the Internet the Internet: Interconnection,
>Openness, and  Transparency
>-- Collisions Between Existing Industries and Emerging
>Internet Industries: Telephony As a Case Study
>-- Implications for Broad Public Policy
>
>You can view/download the report at <www.cstb.org>
>(click on "New Releases").
>
>--Jon Eisenberg