[IP] Happy Birthday Backbone

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Hi Dave, Just to note a bit of a milestone - 15 years ago today the NSFNET backbone was decommissioned, in favor of the current system of commercial backbones, peering, and Internet exchange points (starting with the original four NAPs). Amazing to think of the changes in terms of capacity (I think the NSFNET was a T3), traffic volumes (YouTube is only about 5 years old), and the changing players and business models (think UUNet, PSINet). The one constant through all of this change is that the unregulated model of interconnection still works well and has adapted to all of these changes - could anyone have foreseen all of these changes and how the system would evolve? I am sure that lots of IP readers have first-hand memories of the environment 15 years ago, which would be great to hear (my first involvement was at the FCC when I benefitted from many interesting discussions with you about the mergers at the time). Thanks

Michael
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