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Project Description

A student intern used Adobe Illustrator to create this prototype schematic depicting the genealogy of Internet infrastructure companies according to some scant public data we could find from:

• a 2002 NANOG mailing list thread
• the Internet History Exhibit 1962-1992 of the Computer History Museum (www.computerhistory.org)
• searching public web sites of known providers.

We would like to improve the quantity and quality of data in this visualization. When we (or someone else) has time, we would like to see a wiki form of this data that allows vetted contributions, from which we can create a visualization of the current data at any time. For now, we publish this prototype hoping to inspire folks to contribute data/corrections/offers of help to info @ caida . org

A History of Internet Infrastructure Ownership

Company List

      

ANSNET
AT&T
AT&T, Inc.
Allegiance Telecom
Almosa Holdings
Alternet
Ameritech
BBN
Bell Atlantic
Bell South
Broadwing
Cable & Wireless America
CDN
CSNET
Centel
Cogent Communications
CompuServe Network Services
Cybertrust
Diamond Net
Digez
DoCoMo
Dobson Communications
ESnet (DOE)
Enterprise Communications
Fibernet
FleetCall
GEnie (GE)
GTE
Genuity (GTE)
Genuity (Level 3 Communications)
Global Crossing
Gulf Coast Wireless
ICG
IWO Holdings, Inc.
Impsat
Intel Online Services
Interwise
KDG
LCI
Level 3 Communications, Inc.
Looking Glass Networks
MCI
MFS
Military Milnet 
NSFNET
NSI
NSI (NASA)
NTT
NTT Communications
NTT-East
NTT-West
NYNEX Corporation
NetSec Security Services
Nextel Communications
Northern PCS
Pacific Telesis
Progress Telecom
Qwest
SAVVIS, Inc.
SBC
SBC Communications
Southwestern Bell
Sprint Nextel Communications 
Sprint [World Class] 
Supernet
TelCove
Totality
Touch America, Inc.
UNET
US West
UUNET Technologies, Inc.
Velocita Wireless
Verio
Verio, Inc.
Verizon
Verizon Business
WAM!NET
Wintel
XO