[governance] The Bled Declaration - a new internet, or a

[Ian Peter]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suresh Ramasubramanian [mailto:suresh at hserus.net]
> Sent: 16 May 2008 10:56
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Robert Guerra
> Subject: Re: [governance] The Bled Declaration - a new internet, or a
> 
> Robert Guerra [15/05/08 14:12 -0400]:
> > A colleague has just mentioned let me know about the EU -  Bled
> > Declaration. At first glance, it sounds like re-inventing the Internet
> > into a centrally controlled network.  Does anyone on the list know more
> > about it?
> >
> > http://www.future-internet.eu/index.php?id=47
> 
> There are several Internet2 and NGN initiatives in the USA (geni and such)
> that sound quite similar - and are based on the concept of a "new internet
> from scratch". Perfectly legitimate and still largely academic / research
> networking in nature.


Except internet2 is not a clean slate initiative, its just more of the same
with higher bandwidth.

GENI and Planet Lab are clean slate. Probably a few others as well but the
former has NSF backing and the latter supported by Intel and the like, so
they have some momentum.


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