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title: "Comments to FCC on Future of the Internet"
summary: |-
  ITIF offered guidance to the FCC’s Big Ideas workshop on the future architecture of the Internet and the role American researchers can play in bringing it to fruition.
date: "2009-09-03"
issues: ["Broadband Access and Regulation"]
authors: ["Robert D. Atkinson"]
content_type: "Testimonies & Filings"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2009/09/03/future-internet/"
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# Comments to FCC on Future of the Internet

After 35 years of use, the Internet is reaching its design limits. The next 35 years of networking require a new architecture that can maintain the accepted services such as the Web as well as innovative new services that haven’t yet been deployed. Increased federal funding for network and broadband telecommunications research, including sectoral research consortia, small-scale research teams and large-scale testbeds will be instrumental in bringing about the new Internet architecture.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2009/09/03/future-internet/*