What if we ask ourselves about what is the operating system and the physical infrastructure behind tools, services and companies we use or just see almost every day, like Google, Yahoo, Bing, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Netfix, etc. What does make possible the increasing accuracy of...

This paper addresses the question of what should be meant by the phrase the Internet, or equivalently, the public Internet. Since its origins in the 1960s, the Internet has changed significantly in terms of the networks and technologies, services that are supported, and industry players who...