This seems to have been posted to most RIPE WG lists.
Let me quote an email from Ole Jacobsen, the Editor & Publisher
of The Internet Protocol Journal:
I actually got a copy of this book. The author refused to provide a
review copy due to his “contract with the publisher.” So I paid $30-
something and received my unique URL to download the PDF.
My reviewer refused to provide a review stating that he would have
NOTHING good to say about the work, instead suggesting we all read:
Geopolitics at the Internet’s Core, by Fiona M. Alexander, Laura
DeNardis, Nanette S. Levinson, and Francesca Musiani, ISBN
978-3-031-89477-0, Springer Nature, 2025.
… which he DID review in the December 2025 issue of IPJ.
Ole
Julf
On 09/02/2026 7:41 am, Peter Anderson wrote:
*(Apologies for cross-posting)*
As a researcher, I have never come across a highly intensive and
inclusive book like "The Internet Ecosystem". The book englobes the
whole Internet Ecosystem with the correct information compared to
misleading information from blogs/wikipedia on the Internet. This book
was reviewed by Vint Cerf. I have just completed the reading, I will
highly recommend it and it is nice to have a copy to keep for reference.
Professor Peter Anderson
Head of Research
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