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	* [http://mises.org/daily/4120 Opening the Internet — with an Axe] by Fernando Herrera-Gonzalez, February 2010		* [http://mises.org/daily/4120 Opening the Internet — with an Axe] by Fernando Herrera-Gonzalez, February 2010
	* [http://www.nsf.gov/about/history/nsf0050/internet/internet.htm The Internet], National Science Foundation		* [http://www.nsf.gov/about/history/nsf0050/internet/internet.htm The Internet], National Science Foundation
			* [http://mises.org/daily/5383/The-FreeMarket-Lesson-of-the-Web The Free-Market Lesson of the Web] by Gerard Docherty, June 2011
	* [[Wikipedia:Internet\|Internet]] on Wikipedia		* [[Wikipedia:Internet\|Internet]] on Wikipedia

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	The term Internet itself was defined in 1985 by the Federal Networking Council (FNC) as commercial implementation of key Internet protocols (TCP/IP) took off.<ref name="Brief_history_Internet">Leiner, B.M. and Cerf, V.G. and Clark, D.D. and Kahn, R.E. and Kleinrock, L. and Lynch, D.C. and Postel, J. and Roberts, L.G. and Wolff, S. "A brief history of the Internet," ''ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review'', 39(5):22--31</ref> The US National Science Foundation (NSF) created a network called NSFNET in the 1980s to connect academic computer centres. Private networks appeared based on the same technology and interconnected with NSFNET which continued to form an important part of the network until at was shut down in 1995 and an essentially private Internet emerged.<ref>MacKie-Mason, Jeffrey K. and Varian, Hal R. "Economic FAQs About the Internet," ''Journal of Economic Perspectives'', American Economic Association, 8(3):75-96.</ref>		The term Internet itself was defined in 1985 by the Federal Networking Council (FNC) as commercial implementation of key Internet protocols (TCP/IP) took off.<ref name="Brief_history_Internet">Leiner, B.M. and Cerf, V.G. and Clark, D.D. and Kahn, R.E. and Kleinrock, L. and Lynch, D.C. and Postel, J. and Roberts, L.G. and Wolff, S. "A brief history of the Internet," ''ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review'', 39(5):22--31</ref> The US National Science Foundation (NSF) created a network called NSFNET in the 1980s to connect academic computer centres. Private networks appeared based on the same technology and interconnected with NSFNET which continued to form an important part of the network until at was shut down in 1995 and an essentially private Internet emerged.<ref>MacKie-Mason, Jeffrey K. and Varian, Hal R. "Economic FAQs About the Internet," ''Journal of Economic Perspectives'', American Economic Association, 8(3):75-96.</ref>

	The early success of private access to the Internet in the 1990s in the United States can be attributed in part to the availability of unmetered local calls and an earlier determination by the FCC (the “ESP Exemption”) that made it possible for Internet service providers (ISPs) to be treated ad end-users of the telephone network, preventing the local telephone operators from charging the ISPs for access to the system.<ref>Oxman, J. [http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/OPP/working_papers/oppwp31.txt The FCC and the Unregulation of the Internet]</ref> In most other countries, dial-up Internet access was associated with per minute telephone charges during the same period. By 2011 the FCC had moved in the direction of tighter control and regulation of the Internet, including requiring service providers to give details of how they handle congestion on their networks.<ref>Singel, R. [http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/12/fcc-rule/ FCC Net Neutrality Rules Slammed From All Sides]</ref> This represents a big step away from the FCC's determination over preceding decades '''not''' to regulate data services.		The early success of private access to the Internet in the 1990s in the United States can be attributed in part to the availability of unmetered local calls and an earlier determination by the FCC (the “ESP Exemption”) that made it possible for Internet service providers (ISPs) to be treated as end-users of the telephone network, preventing the local telephone operators from charging the ISPs for access to the system.<ref>Oxman, J. [http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/OPP/working_papers/oppwp31.txt The FCC and the Unregulation of the Internet]</ref> In most other countries, dial-up Internet access was associated with per minute telephone charges during the same period. By 2011 the FCC had moved in the direction of tighter control and regulation of the Internet, including requiring service providers to give details of how they handle congestion on their networks.<ref>Singel, R. [http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/12/fcc-rule/ FCC Net Neutrality Rules Slammed From All Sides]</ref> This represents a big step away from the FCC's determination over preceding decades '''not''' to regulate data services.

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	The term Internet itself was defined in 1985 by the Federal Networking Council (FNC) as commercial implementation of key Internet protocols (TCP/IP) took off.<ref name="Brief_history_Internet">Leiner, B.M. and Cerf, V.G. and Clark, D.D. and Kahn, R.E. and Kleinrock, L. and Lynch, D.C. and Postel, J. and Roberts, L.G. and Wolff, S. "A brief history of the Internet," ''ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review'', 39(5):22--31</ref> The US National Science Foundation (NSF) created a network called NSFNET in the 1980s to connect academic computer centres. Private networks appeared based on the same technology and interconnected with NSFNET which continued to form an important part of the network until at was shut down in 1995 and an essentially private Internet emerged.<ref>MacKie-Mason, Jeffrey K. and Varian, Hal R. "Economic FAQs About the Internet," ''Journal of Economic Perspectives'', American Economic Association, 8(3):75-96.</ref>		The term Internet itself was defined in 1985 by the Federal Networking Council (FNC) as commercial implementation of key Internet protocols (TCP/IP) took off.<ref name="Brief_history_Internet">Leiner, B.M. and Cerf, V.G. and Clark, D.D. and Kahn, R.E. and Kleinrock, L. and Lynch, D.C. and Postel, J. and Roberts, L.G. and Wolff, S. "A brief history of the Internet," ''ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review'', 39(5):22--31</ref> The US National Science Foundation (NSF) created a network called NSFNET in the 1980s to connect academic computer centres. Private networks appeared based on the same technology and interconnected with NSFNET which continued to form an important part of the network until at was shut down in 1995 and an essentially private Internet emerged.<ref>MacKie-Mason, Jeffrey K. and Varian, Hal R. "Economic FAQs About the Internet," ''Journal of Economic Perspectives'', American Economic Association, 8(3):75-96.</ref>

	The early success of private access to the Internet in the 1990s in the United States can be attributed in part to the availability of unmetered local calls and an earlier determination by the FCC (the “ESP Exemption”) that made it possible for Internet service providers (ISPs) to be treated ad end-users of the telephone network, preventing the local telephone operators from charging the ISPs for access to the system.<ref>Oxman, J. [http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/OPP/working_papers/oppwp31.txt The FCC and the Unregulation of the Internet]</ref> In most other countries, dial-up Internet access was associated with per minute telephone charges during the same period.		The early success of private access to the Internet in the 1990s in the United States can be attributed in part to the availability of unmetered local calls and an earlier determination by the FCC (the “ESP Exemption”) that made it possible for Internet service providers (ISPs) to be treated ad end-users of the telephone network, preventing the local telephone operators from charging the ISPs for access to the system.<ref>Oxman, J. [http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/OPP/working_papers/oppwp31.txt The FCC and the Unregulation of the Internet]</ref> In most other countries, dial-up Internet access was associated with per minute telephone charges during the same period. By 2011 the FCC had moved in the direction of tighter control and regulation of the Internet, including requiring service providers to give details of how they handle congestion on their networks.<ref>Singel, R. [http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/12/fcc-rule/ FCC Net Neutrality Rules Slammed From All Sides]</ref> This represents a big step away from the FCC's determination over preceding decades '''not''' to regulate data services.

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	The term Internet itself was defined in 1985 by the Federal Networking Council (FNC) as commercial implementation of key Internet protocols (TCP/IP) took off.<ref name="Brief_history_Internet">Leiner, B.M. and Cerf, V.G. and Clark, D.D. and Kahn, R.E. and Kleinrock, L. and Lynch, D.C. and Postel, J. and Roberts, L.G. and Wolff, S. "A brief history of the Internet," ''ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review'', 39(5):22--31</ref> The US National Science Foundation (NSF) created a network called NSFNET in the 1980s to connect academic computer centres. Private networks appeared based on the same technology and interconnected with NSFNET which continued to form an important part of the network until at was shut down in 1995 and an essentially private Internet emerged.<ref>MacKie-Mason, Jeffrey K. and Varian, Hal R. "Economic FAQs About the Internet," ''Journal of Economic Perspectives'', American Economic Association, 8(3):75-96.</ref>		The term Internet itself was defined in 1985 by the Federal Networking Council (FNC) as commercial implementation of key Internet protocols (TCP/IP) took off.<ref name="Brief_history_Internet">Leiner, B.M. and Cerf, V.G. and Clark, D.D. and Kahn, R.E. and Kleinrock, L. and Lynch, D.C. and Postel, J. and Roberts, L.G. and Wolff, S. "A brief history of the Internet," ''ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review'', 39(5):22--31</ref> The US National Science Foundation (NSF) created a network called NSFNET in the 1980s to connect academic computer centres. Private networks appeared based on the same technology and interconnected with NSFNET which continued to form an important part of the network until at was shut down in 1995 and an essentially private Internet emerged.<ref>MacKie-Mason, Jeffrey K. and Varian, Hal R. "Economic FAQs About the Internet," ''Journal of Economic Perspectives'', American Economic Association, 8(3):75-96.</ref>

	The early success of private access to the Internet in the 1990s in the United States can be attributed in part to the availability of unmetered local calls and an earlier determination by the FCC (the “ESP Exemption”) that made it possible for Internet service providers (ISPs) to be treated ad end-users of the telephone network, preventing the local telephone operators from charging the ISPs for access to the system.<ref>Oxman, J. [http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/OPP/working_papers/oppwp31.txt The FCC and the Unregulation of the Internet] In most other countries, dial-up Internet access was associated with per minute telephone charges during the same period.		The early success of private access to the Internet in the 1990s in the United States can be attributed in part to the availability of unmetered local calls and an earlier determination by the FCC (the “ESP Exemption”) that made it possible for Internet service providers (ISPs) to be treated ad end-users of the telephone network, preventing the local telephone operators from charging the ISPs for access to the system.<ref>Oxman, J. [http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/OPP/working_papers/oppwp31.txt The FCC and the Unregulation of the Internet]</ref> In most other countries, dial-up Internet access was associated with per minute telephone charges during the same period.

	==References==		==References==

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	The '''Internet''' is a publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world.		The '''Internet''' is a publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world.

	It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the University of California at Los Angeles, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California-Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah. ARPANET’s purpose was to conduct research into computer networking in order to provide a secure and survivable communications system in case of war. As the network quickly expanded, academics and researchers in other fields began to use it as well.<ref name="Britannica_Internet">Internet. (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/291494/Internet - referenced 2011-01-28.</ref> The term Internet itself was defined in 1985 by the Federal Networking Council (FNC) as commercial implementation of key Internet protocols (TCP/IP) took off.<ref name="Brief_history_Internet">Leiner, B.M. and Cerf, V.G. and Clark, D.D. and Kahn, R.E. and Kleinrock, L. and Lynch, D.C. and Postel, J. and Roberts, L.G. and Wolff, S. "A brief history of the Internet," ''ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review'', 39(5):22--31</ref> The US National Science Foundation (NSF) created a network called NSFNET in the 1980s to connect academic computer centres. Private networks appeared based on the same technology and interconnected with NSFNET which continued to form an important part of the network until at was shut down in 1995 and an essentially private Internet emerged.<ref>MacKie-Mason, Jeffrey K. and Varian, Hal R. "Economic FAQs About the Internet," ''Journal of Economic Perspectives'', American Economic Association, 8(3):75-96.</ref>		It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the University of California at Los Angeles, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California-Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah. ARPANET’s purpose was to conduct research into computer networking in order to provide a secure and survivable communications system in case of war. As the network quickly expanded, academics and researchers in other fields began to use it as well.<ref name="Britannica_Internet">Internet. (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/291494/Internet - referenced 2011-01-28.</ref>

			The term Internet itself was defined in 1985 by the Federal Networking Council (FNC) as commercial implementation of key Internet protocols (TCP/IP) took off.<ref name="Brief_history_Internet">Leiner, B.M. and Cerf, V.G. and Clark, D.D. and Kahn, R.E. and Kleinrock, L. and Lynch, D.C. and Postel, J. and Roberts, L.G. and Wolff, S. "A brief history of the Internet," ''ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review'', 39(5):22--31</ref> The US National Science Foundation (NSF) created a network called NSFNET in the 1980s to connect academic computer centres. Private networks appeared based on the same technology and interconnected with NSFNET which continued to form an important part of the network until at was shut down in 1995 and an essentially private Internet emerged.<ref>MacKie-Mason, Jeffrey K. and Varian, Hal R. "Economic FAQs About the Internet," ''Journal of Economic Perspectives'', American Economic Association, 8(3):75-96.</ref>

			The early success of private access to the Internet in the 1990s in the United States can be attributed in part to the availability of unmetered local calls and an earlier determination by the FCC (the “ESP Exemption”) that made it possible for Internet service providers (ISPs) to be treated ad end-users of the telephone network, preventing the local telephone operators from charging the ISPs for access to the system.<ref>Oxman, J. [http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/OPP/working_papers/oppwp31.txt The FCC and the Unregulation of the Internet] In most other countries, dial-up Internet access was associated with per minute telephone charges during the same period.

	==References==		==References==

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	The '''Internet''' is a publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world.		The '''Internet''' is a publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world.

	It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the University of California at Los Angeles, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California-Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah. ARPANET’s purpose was to conduct research into computer networking in order to provide a secure and survivable communications system in case of war. As the network quickly expanded, academics and researchers in other fields began to use it as well.<ref name="Britannica_Internet">Internet. (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/291494/Internet - referenced 2011-01-28.</ref> The term Internet itself was defined in 1985 by the Federal Networking Council (FNC) as commercial implementation of key Internet protocols took off.<ref name="Brief_history_Internet">Leiner, B.M. and Cerf, V.G. and Clark, D.D. and Kahn, R.E. and Kleinrock, L. and Lynch, D.C. and Postel, J. and Roberts, L.G. and Wolff, S. "A brief history of the Internet," ''ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review'', 39(5):22--31</ref>		It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the University of California at Los Angeles, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California-Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah. ARPANET’s purpose was to conduct research into computer networking in order to provide a secure and survivable communications system in case of war. As the network quickly expanded, academics and researchers in other fields began to use it as well.<ref name="Britannica_Internet">Internet. (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/291494/Internet - referenced 2011-01-28.</ref> The term Internet itself was defined in 1985 by the Federal Networking Council (FNC) as commercial implementation of key Internet protocols (TCP/IP) took off.<ref name="Brief_history_Internet">Leiner, B.M. and Cerf, V.G. and Clark, D.D. and Kahn, R.E. and Kleinrock, L. and Lynch, D.C. and Postel, J. and Roberts, L.G. and Wolff, S. "A brief history of the Internet," ''ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review'', 39(5):22--31</ref> The US National Science Foundation (NSF) created a network called NSFNET in the 1980s to connect academic computer centres. Private networks appeared based on the same technology and interconnected with NSFNET which continued to form an important part of the network until at was shut down in 1995 and an essentially private Internet emerged.<ref>MacKie-Mason, Jeffrey K. and Varian, Hal R. "Economic FAQs About the Internet," ''Journal of Economic Perspectives'', American Economic Association, 8(3):75-96.</ref>

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	The '''Internet''' is a publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world.		The '''Internet''' is a publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world.

	It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the University of California at Los Angeles, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California-Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah. ARPANET’s purpose was to conduct research into computer networking in order to provide a secure and survivable communications system in case of war. As the network quickly expanded, academics and researchers in other fields began to use it as well.<ref name="Britannica_Internet">Internet. (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/291494/Internet - referenced 2011-01-28.</ref> ~~Further~~<ref name="Brief_history_Internet">Leiner, B.M. and Cerf, V.G. and Clark, D.D. and Kahn, R.E. and Kleinrock, L. and Lynch, D.C. and Postel, J. and Roberts, L.G. and Wolff, S. "A brief history of the Internet," ''ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review'', 39(5):22--31</ref>		It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the University of California at Los Angeles, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California-Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah. ARPANET’s purpose was to conduct research into computer networking in order to provide a secure and survivable communications system in case of war. As the network quickly expanded, academics and researchers in other fields began to use it as well.<ref name="Britannica_Internet">Internet. (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/291494/Internet - referenced 2011-01-28.</ref> The term Internet itself was defined in 1985 by the Federal Networking Council (FNC) as commercial implementation of key Internet protocols took off.<ref name="Brief_history_Internet">Leiner, B.M. and Cerf, V.G. and Clark, D.D. and Kahn, R.E. and Kleinrock, L. and Lynch, D.C. and Postel, J. and Roberts, L.G. and Wolff, S. "A brief history of the Internet," ''ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review'', 39(5):22--31</ref>

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	The '''Internet''' is a publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world.		The '''Internet''' is a publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world.

	It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the University of California at Los Angeles, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California-Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah. ARPANET’s purpose was to conduct research into computer networking in order to provide a secure and survivable communications system in case of war. As the network quickly expanded, academics and researchers in other fields began to use it as well.<ref name="Britannica_Internet">Internet. (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/291494/Internet - referenced 2011-01-28.</ref>Leiner, B.M. and Cerf, V.G. and Clark, D.D. and Kahn, R.E. and Kleinrock, L. and Lynch, D.C. and Postel, J. and Roberts, L.G. and Wolff, S. "A brief history of the Internet," ''ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review'', 39(5):22--31~~<ref name="Brief_history_Internet">~~</ref>		It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the University of California at Los Angeles, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California-Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah. ARPANET’s purpose was to conduct research into computer networking in order to provide a secure and survivable communications system in case of war. As the network quickly expanded, academics and researchers in other fields began to use it as well.<ref name="Britannica_Internet">Internet. (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/291494/Internet - referenced 2011-01-28.</ref> Further<ref name="Brief_history_Internet">Leiner, B.M. and Cerf, V.G. and Clark, D.D. and Kahn, R.E. and Kleinrock, L. and Lynch, D.C. and Postel, J. and Roberts, L.G. and Wolff, S. "A brief history of the Internet," ''ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review'', 39(5):22--31</ref>

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	The '''Internet''' is a publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world.		The '''Internet''' is a publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world.

	It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the University of California at Los Angeles, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California-Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah. ARPANET’s purpose was to conduct research into computer networking in order to provide a secure and survivable communications system in case of war. As the network quickly expanded, academics and researchers in other fields began to use it as well.<ref name="Britannica_Internet">Internet. (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/291494/Internet - referenced 2011-01-28.</ref>		It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the University of California at Los Angeles, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California-Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah. ARPANET’s purpose was to conduct research into computer networking in order to provide a secure and survivable communications system in case of war. As the network quickly expanded, academics and researchers in other fields began to use it as well.<ref name="Britannica_Internet">Internet. (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/291494/Internet - referenced 2011-01-28.</ref>Leiner, B.M. and Cerf, V.G. and Clark, D.D. and Kahn, R.E. and Kleinrock, L. and Lynch, D.C. and Postel, J. and Roberts, L.G. and Wolff, S. "A brief history of the Internet," ''ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review'', 39(5):22--31<ref name="Brief_history_Internet"></ref>



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The '''Internet''' is a publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world.

It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the University of California at Los Angeles, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California-Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah. ARPANET’s purpose was to conduct research into computer networking in order to provide a secure and survivable communications system in case of war. As the network quickly expanded, academics and researchers in other fields began to use it as well.<ref name="Britannica_Internet">Internet. (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/291494/Internet - referenced 2011-01-28.</ref>

==References==
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==Links==
* [http://mises.org/daily/2211 Government Did Invent the Internet, But the Market Made It Glorious] by Peter G. Klein, June 2006
* [http://mises.org/daily/3060 Liberation by Internet] by Gennady Stolyarov II, September 2008
* [http://mises.org/daily/3766 Witness the Freest Economy: the Internet] by Dan O'Connor, October 2009
* [http://mises.org/daily/4120 Opening the Internet — with an Axe] by Fernando Herrera-Gonzalez, February 2010
* [http://www.nsf.gov/about/history/nsf0050/internet/internet.htm The Internet], National Science Foundation
* [[Wikipedia:Internet|Internet]] on Wikipedia

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