[2457] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: the Internet Backbone
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Miller)
Sat Apr 6 12:57:12 1996
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 12:47:48 -0500 (EST)
From: David Miller <david@dirigo.mint.net>
To: John Curran <jcurran@bbnplanet.com>
cc: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <v02130500ad8c322f128e@[199.94.220.15]>
On Sat, 6 Apr 1996, John Curran wrote:
> At 3:02 PM 4/5/96, Michael Dillon wrote:
> >On Fri, 5 Apr 1996, Gordon Cook wrote:
> >
> >> Bill sez: A US Internet "backbone" is one which connects to ALL the
> >> NAP/MAEs in the US. Not just two. All of them.
> >
> >Why not just start calling it the Internet "core". The core of the US
> >Internet no longer follows a backbone topology. The core is composed of
> >the major NSP's who operate national backbones providing national transit
> >and who interconnect at all or most of the public exchange points.
>
> Sounds like a fine definition... (although adding the qualification
> of "functional" to "public exchange points" might be worthwhile...)
Does the backbone only exist in the US then? Or have previous posters
been referring to NAP's and MAE's worldwide?
I think our US -centrism is showing here guys:)
--- David Miller
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