RE: the Internet Backbone

["Marc E. Hidalgo" <mhidalgo () sprint net>]

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 () EU net>
> To: Michael Dillon <michael () memra com>
> Cc: "nanog () merit edu" <nanog () merit edu>
> Subject: RE: the Internet Backbone
>
> On Apr 6, 12:10, Michael Dillon <michael () 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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