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On the question of the future of state and regional networks serving the research, education and related communities
Jim Williams, LEARN
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You cannot step twice into the same river; for other waters are continually flowing in. — Heraclitus of Ephesus
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Some recent examples
• CarterPhone – 1968• Divestiture – 1984• Packet switching may change the way we do
telecommunications – Jim Williams, inspired by Ronald Reagan, circa 1985
• "There is no one in charge, there are no leaders, there are no rules," he said. "We're just here to say, 'It's our Internet, and stop messing with it.‘ Kyle – at a scientology protest, 2/10/08 Austin, Tejas
• “The US is behind by almost every measure” - John Windhausen, Jr. 2/10/08 Tempe, AZ
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Change and regional network milestones
• Gathering around an idea - TCP/IP• dARPAnet > NSFnet• Northwestnet/BARnet/PrepNet > Verio
– Others morphed (NyserNet, Merit)– A few just disappeared or were aborted
• MOREnet – learning from early examples
• The great fiber adventure
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- ‘Broad’ goals / “Fuzzy’ paths
- Strong energy / passion- Minimal Structure / Controls
- Loosely organized- Participants “get on the bandwagon”
- Fading energy / passion- No structure to hang on- Loss of focus on goals
- Focused energy / passion- Strong organizational management, structure and controls
- Refocused goals- Clear Paths- Committed Participants
http://www.morantechnology.com
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Think on these things
• Who do we serve and who else could do it?• What do we provide and who else provides
it?• How can we leverage what we have to
offer a unique suite of services?• Are we just trying to preserve
organizations, or do we have a higher Purpose?
• “The best way to predict the future is to keep inventing it” – from my Internet2 t-shirt
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What to do?
• If you don’t change, expect change• Go commercial?• Move up/down the stack? • Champion broadening broadband• Expand public sector service• Actively participate/LEAD in next gen net
(GENI, IPv6 etc) • Don’t just duplicate what the private
sector does better
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• Humans process threats and avoid risk.
• Change is not necessarily bad – e.g. Tyrannosaurus rex
• The technologies we advocate may be short lived.– Gutenberg Revolution (1450 –
present)– Flawn Academic Center (aka
UGL) (1963 – 2006)• The institutions we serve will last
longer then we do.• The US will not in the foreseeable
future regain its network technology leadership position.
• I enjoyed growing up in a country with the highest standard of living – my granddaughter has more options.
• Governance structures seem periodic.
• The 3 level architecture seems persistent