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Re: Complete Roster of "commercial internet" providers?y

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Poulsen)
Thu Feb 6 12:46:53 1992

From: lars@spectrum.CMC.COM (Lars Poulsen)
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 92 17:43:35 GMT
Apparently-To: com-priv@psi.com

In article <9202061225.AA06199@mcsun.EU.net>
   glenn@mcsun.EU.net (Glenn Kowack) writes:
>  there is a new cooperative entity in Europe called Ebone `92
>(for E-1 backbone), which is a line-sharing arrangement between most 
>of the major R & D networks (including EUnet) in Europe and a few of 
>the commercials as well.  Their policy is that be "no restrictions 
>on traffic content" at the Ebone level -- but of course connecting 
>nets can apply any policies they like within their nets.  They have 
>multiple connections to the US and links to most Western European 
>countries.

It sounds like the Ebone agreement includes the equivalent of CIX;
it also sounds like you are connected to the US. Will Ebone sign the CIX
agreement ? (Or have you already done so?) If not, why not ?

-- 
/ Lars Poulsen, SMTS Software Engineer
  CMC Rockwell  lars@CMC.COM

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