[4013] in North American Network Operators' Group
"Building the Internet backbone"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Balbach)
Wed Sep 4 13:03:12 1996
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 12:43:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Stephen Balbach <stephen@clark.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
cc: com-priv@psi.com
"Building the Internet backbone"
Take a virtual tour of a busy Network Access Point
by George lawton
SunWorld Online.
http://www.sun.com/sunworldonline/swol-09-1996/swol-09-nap.html
Abstract
The Internet, of course, consists of many networks strung together.
The Internet's skeleton is made up of high-capacity trunk lines
maintained by telephone companies at sites called "NAPs." This
article outlines the role of NAPs, and profiles Pacific Bell's NAP in
particular. (2,700 words)
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Stephen Balbach "Driving the Internet To Work"
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