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Re: the Internet Backbone
- From: John Curran
- Date: Sat Apr 06 10:02:33 1996
- Phone: (617) 873-4398
- Usmail: 150 CambridgePark Drive, Cambridge, MA, 02140
At 3:02 PM 4/5/96, Michael Dillon wrote:
>On Fri, 5 Apr 1996, Gordon Cook wrote:
>
>> Bill sez: A US Internet "backbone" is one which connects to ALL the
>> NAP/MAEs in the US. Not just two. All of them.
>
>Why not just start calling it the Internet "core". The core of the US
>Internet no longer follows a backbone topology. The core is composed of
>the major NSP's who operate national backbones providing national transit
>and who interconnect at all or most of the public exchange points.
Sounds like a fine definition... (although adding the qualification
of "functional" to "public exchange points" might be worthwhile...)
/John
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