[2668] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Eunet joins CIX Association
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cormac Callanan)
Mon Apr 6 07:26:10 1992
To: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 92 12:19:21 +0100
From: Cormac Callanan <cc@dec4ie.ieunet.ie>
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EUnet PRESS RELEASE -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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EUnet JOINS CIX ASSOCIATION
EUnet
c/o NIKHEF
Postbus 41882
1009DB Amsterdam
The Netherlands
+31 20 592 5109
+31 20 592 5155 (fax)
Amsterdam, 2 April 1992. EUnet, the pan-European
open systems computer network, today announced that
it has become the first operating European network
to join the Commercial Internet Exchange Association
(CIX).
EUnet is Europe's largest subscription-funded
network, focusing on users in the research and
development community since 1982. Operating in
nearly every country from Iceland to Russia and as
far South as Tunisia, EUnet connects over 2500
networks and sites and has gateways to every major
network in Europe. EUnet services include Electronic
Mail, Network (USENET) News, and Archive access.
EUnet's InterEunet service, in operation since 1990,
provides international and intercontinental LAN
interconnection services based on the TCP/IP
protocols to over 100 organisations across Europe.
EUnet is a service by and for the members of
EurOpen, the European Forum for Open System, a not-
for-profit organisation.
The Commercial Internet Exchange Association, Inc.
(CIX), was formed in 1991 as a non-profit trade
association by UUnet Technologies (UUnet),
Performance Systems International (PSInet), and
General Atomics (CERFnet). The CIX founders and all
new members cooperate to provide a non-restrictive
packet interchange for TCP/IP and OSI traffic. The
Association actively solicits membership and network
connections with all commercial and non-profit US
national, Regional, and Mid-level networks, Federal
and state government networks, and international
network organisations.
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Glenn Kowack, EUnet CEO, states: "There is a large
and growing community of users in the United States
who, although involved in R & D, do not happen to
have access to NSFnet. EUnet's CIX membership
complements our NSFnet connectivity by giving EUnet
subscribers access to those users. We see CIX
functioning in the US in the same manner as does
Ebone '92 (European Backbone) in Europe."
Mitch Kapor, President, CIX Association says: "I am
delighted that EUnet has joined the CIX. The CIX
will now truly become an international network
connecting European and U.S. network subscribers."
The EUnet community is enthusiastic about its
membership in the CIX, which will help to advance
the evolution of networking services and open
systems worldwide.
For further information contact:
Cormac Callanan
Public-Relations@eu.net
+353 1 740 508
2 April, 1992
