IP: MCI WORLDCOM BEGINS UPGRADE OF NSF BACKBONE NETWORK edupage

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

MCI WorldCom, which has a five-year contract to operate the National Science 
Foundation's vBNS ("very-high-speed Backbone Network Service) has begun a 
major upgrade of that network that will quadruple its capacity. The 
LA-to-SF portion of the network will be the first to be upgraded to allow 
the movement of 2.5 gigabits of data per second, which is equivalent to more 
than what 1,600 T-1 lines can carry. (Los Angeles Times 19 Feb 99)