another interesting quote from MCI's announcement

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

>  MCI said it had inaugurated the nation's first transcontinental information
> superhighway by using fiber optic technology that operates at speeds 15 times
> faster than any network currently available. It said the National Science
> Foundation Network (NSFNET), better known as the Internet, is the first user of
> its New York to Los Angeles system.
>   Under the development program, MCI's SONET (for synchronous optical network)
> technology will be available on its domestic network by the end of 1994 and on
> international routes across the Atlantic and the Pacific by 1995.