the Internet Backbone
Sean Donelan
SEAN at SDG.DRA.COM
Fri Apr 5 18:29:51 UTC 1996
The NSF didn't use the term "backbone," but it did use the term NSP - Network
Service Provider. The NSF definition for NSP was
- connect to hubs called priority Network Access Points,
- route and carry traffic to or from any research and education location,
and
- make the routes available to a routing arbiter
The implementation wasn't as clean as the definition.
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Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
Affiliation given for identification not representation
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