three projects for future networks for academia that goes beyond writing patches for the old one.

and the first thing that makes me wonder is why the players - countrywise are the same as 50 years ago. us::eu::japan. missing china.

anyhow the game began: us comes i with geni with an old acquaintance on board: bbn, bolt beranek and newman (remember imps and tips and arpanet?) europe calls it: future-internet adhere the bad habit of using a hyphen in the url. and japan also has something up and running, called new generation networking and universal communication. not sure if yoshihide suga meant that in his talk or something completely different.

the story as freeman is seeing it at cacm. he was involved in setting up geni.

btw: von neumann's "the computer and a brain", 1958 is now available at acm classic books, not quite yet ...

ieee has a story about methods how net neutrality can be brought to an end.

... software can "secure, analyze, monitor, and mediate any traffic in an IP network," says Antonio Nucci, the company's chief technology officer. By "mediate" he means block, or otherwise interfere with, data packets as they travel through the network in real time. | the voip backlash

the company has clients in saudi arabia, egypt, south america, asia, and europe, the article says.

...Vodafone recently announced a plan to block VoIP calls in Germany... A French wireless carrier, SFR, has announced a similar plan for France.

they are also eager to track all kind of webmail services.

as they want to have more clients no wonder you find the catchline: “terrorists and criminals are increasingly utilizing ip ..."