[10647] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Network Access Points (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Manning)
Thu Mar 3 14:34:36 1994
From: bmanning@is.rice.edu (William Manning)
To: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 1994 21:37:05 -0600 (CST)
> As a result of the competitive process described in Program Solicitation
> 93-52, the National Science Foundation has selected the following
> organizations and initiated negotiations of awards for management and
> operation of Network Access Points (NAPs):
>
> MFS Datanet for a NAP in Washington, DC,
>
> Sprint, for the New York NAP, and
>
> Bellcore, for the California NAP to be managed and operated by PacBell and
> for the Chicago NAP to be managed and operated by Ameritech,
>
> -s
In the light of this announcement, can someone enlighten me as to the
benefits of CIX membership? Will the CIX association connect to one or
more NAPs?
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Regards,
Bill Manning
