Bellheads believed in "smart" networks. Netheads believed in what @davidisen called #TheStupidNetwork, a #DumbPipe whose only job was to let some people send signals to other people, who asked to get them:

https://www.isen.com/papers/Dawnstupid.html

This is called the #EndToEnd (#E2E) principle: a network is E2E if it lets anyone receive any message from anyone else, without a third party intervening.

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