[11450] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ANS etc.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Wed Jul 30 10:10:34 1997
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 09:33:30 -0400
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
To: Douglas Jardine <djardine@hotmail.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199707300144.SAA06104@f13.hotmail.com>; from Douglas Jardine <djardine@hotmail.com> on Tue, Jul 29, 1997 at 06:44:24PM -0800
On Tue, Jul 29, 1997 at 06:44:24PM -0800, Douglas Jardine wrote:
> [1] From what I know, ANS was formed by Merit, IBM and MCI in 1990 to
> run the NSFNET backbone. Could somebody update me on the current
> status of ANS - i.e. after NSFNETs demise in 1995, did ANS become
> independent and does it qualify as an NSP in its own right?
Yes, they did... and they were bought <sigh> by AOL.
> [3] Is there a web page which lists all the public CIXs and NAPs
> around the world? Pointers appreciated.
Unlikely.
> [4] Some recent threads on NANOG discussed physical layer issues like
> SONET, SDH, circuit layout etc. Could somebody point me to
> technical papers / articles / books which describe fiber and
> copper technology in detail.
Ask in comp.dcom.telecom.tech.
Cheers,
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