This paper traces the history of Internet and its governance structures. It focuses upon the relatively recent global interest in Internet governance intensified by WSIS and the recent Internet Governance Forum.  The issues involved are disaggregated, and two views of the decomposed structure are presented, with implications for the distribution of governance responsibilities in these spaces. In general, it appears that much if not most of Internet governance is appropriately discussed at the national level, while at the same time serious issues remain to be discussed and solved at the international level.