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Article: Privatizing Internet.
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- Reason
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- January 1, 1995
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Phasing out government subsidies for Internet infrastructure
AL GORE MAY HYPE GOVERNMENT spending to guarantee universal access to the "information superhighway," but one government agency is phasing out spending on one aspect of the Internet in recognition of an ever-growing group of market providers.
The Internet is that concatenation of linked computer networks that allows far-flung researchers, writers, and citizens instant or almost-instant access to the latest scientific research, weather data, or even just letters from friends.
The National Science Foundation, which provided infrastructure support for this network of networks through its NSFNET ...