the Internet Backbone
Marc E. Hidalgo
mhidalgo at sprint.net
Mon Apr 8 17:58:39 UTC 1996
how 'bout GSP (Geo Semi-encompassing Provider - oops Global Service
Provider)
Marc
On Sat, 6 Apr 1996, Per Gregers Bilse wrote:
> Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 23:17:40 +0200
> From: Per Gregers Bilse <bilse at EU.net>
> To: Michael Dillon <michael at memra.com>
> Cc: "nanog at merit.edu" <nanog at merit.edu>
> Subject: RE: the Internet Backbone
>
> On Apr 6, 12:10, Michael Dillon <michael at memra.com> wrote:
> > I think we just need to recognize that there are Tier 1 providers in other
> > countries. Maybe we should replace the term "national" with
> > "broad geographic regions encompassing a signficant percentage of a
> > continent". Then providers like EUNet would qualify as Tier 1 providers
> > although, like MCI, they also provide Tier 3 ISP services.
>
> Since you mention us, we are obviously not a National Service Provider.
> Maybe International Service Provider ... darn, acronym collision. :-)
>
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