[2516] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: the Internet Backbone
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc E. Hidalgo)
Mon Apr 8 14:05:38 1996
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 13:58:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Marc E. Hidalgo" <mhidalgo@sprint.net>
To: Per Gregers Bilse <bilse@EU.net>
cc: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>, "nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199604062117.AA01928@jotun.EU.net>
how 'bout GSP (Geo Semi-encompassing Provider - oops Global Service
Provider)
Marc
On Sat, 6 Apr 1996, Per Gregers Bilse wrote:
> Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 23:17:40 +0200
> From: Per Gregers Bilse <bilse@EU.net>
> To: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
> Cc: "nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
> Subject: RE: the Internet Backbone
>
> On Apr 6, 12:10, Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com> wrote:
> > I think we just need to recognize that there are Tier 1 providers in other
> > countries. Maybe we should replace the term "national" with
> > "broad geographic regions encompassing a signficant percentage of a
> > continent". Then providers like EUNet would qualify as Tier 1 providers
> > although, like MCI, they also provide Tier 3 ISP services.
>
> Since you mention us, we are obviously not a National Service Provider.
> Maybe International Service Provider ... darn, acronym collision. :-)
>
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