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Who runs the Internet?

The short answer is ``no one.'' The Internet is a loose amalgamation of computer networks run by many different organizations in over seventy countries. Most of the technological decisions are made by small committees of volunteers who set standards for interoperability.



Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason
Tue Jul 11 10:21:32 EDT 1995