Re: the Internet Backbone

[Sean Donelan <SEAN () SDG DRA COM>]

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.
-- 
Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
  Affiliation given for identification not representation