Abstract
The author argues that existing US computer networks not only lag well behind the growing needs of the research community, but also are too fragmented to develop unaided into a single, coherent nationwide system. He examines the roots of the situation, as well as the developments triggered by the rise in computing speed. He explains why a research network is unlikely to evolve spontaneously from existing and anticipated communication systems and calls for a national research network organized and maintained by the federal government.

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