Manning has been working in the Internet industry since 1979 when he started working at Texas Instruments and helped in building its [[IP]] network.<ref>[http://www.icannwatch.org/comments.pl?sid=1832&cid=15868 icannwatch.org]</ref> After which he joined Rice University and made [[SESQUINET]]. He played a significant role in the migration of [[MIDNET]] and SESQUINET from [[NSFnet]] regional networks to commercial networks.<ref>[http://old.ispa.org.za/iweek/2007/profiles.shtml#billmanning old.ispa.org.za]</ref> | Manning has been working in the Internet industry since 1979 when he started working at Texas Instruments and helped in building its [[IP]] network.<ref>[http://www.icannwatch.org/comments.pl?sid=1832&cid=15868 icannwatch.org]</ref> After which he joined Rice University and made [[SESQUINET]]. He played a significant role in the migration of [[MIDNET]] and SESQUINET from [[NSFnet]] regional networks to commercial networks.<ref>[http://old.ispa.org.za/iweek/2007/profiles.shtml#billmanning old.ispa.org.za]</ref> |