re: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals

[Paul Baer <pbaer () bbnplanet com>]

For the curious... Paul Baer continued working for BBN after they swallowed
BARRNet, although he, I mean I, ended up as a telecommuter supporting their
national operations rather than their Western Region. After some time as a
proposal writer and a sales support engineer, I have spent the last 12
months as a product manager in their Internet Advantage (connectivity
services) group. I was living in State College, PA until Dec. of 1995, at
which time my partner and I moved to New Orleans (where she is teaching at
Tulane University).

This fall I will be returning to graduate school at LSU in Baton Rouge,
enrolling in their Environmental Planning and Management program to study
ecological economics, a relatively new field that is attempting to draw some
recognition to the fact that the human economy is a wholly owned subsidiary
of the ecosphere. 

--Paul Baer

> > From: Rob Gutierrez <rmg () ranma com>
> > Subject: re: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals
> > To: nanog () merit edu
> > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 16:40:00 -0700 (PDT)
> > Organization: The Ranma Project
> > X-Comment: The Ranma Project used to subtitle Japanese cartoons
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > Sender: owner-nanog () merit edu
> >
> > > > Does anyone remember the NSF-sponsored regional networks? Can you fix
> > > > this table--this is off the top of my head so I am missing a few networks.
> >
> > Does NSI (NASA Science Internet) qualify as one of those?  Yeah, it was
> > 1989 when it started (Hi Milo!), but ... :)
> >
> > >  Name             Region           NOC was or is at          Now
> > >
> > >  BARRnet          Bay Area         Stanford? Berkeley?       BBN WR
> > >                                    ^SU then E. Bayshore Rd., Palo Alto
> >
> > The "NOC" (cough) was in Pine Hall at Stanford next to long-timer Ron Roberts
> > office.  After the BBN buyout, NOC duties were officially given to BBN
> > Cambridge, somewhat bypassing the E. Bayshore/Palo Alto NOC office.  The
> > western region NOC was supposed to open up (under the capable hands of Chris
> > Tsuboi, now with @Home), but time factors never gave Chris the chance
> > before his departure from BBN-WR. All calls went to Cambridge and were
> > referred to Chris as needed.   The NOC office is/was still there
> > as a showcase to visitors in the large conference room.
> >
> > And ...
> >
> > > Network         Contact in 1990, where are they now?
> > >
> > > BARRNET         Paul Baer
> > >
> > > NEARNET         John Rugo
> >
> > Paul Baer was part of the original BARRNet admin staff when William "Bill"
> > Yundt got the ball rolling.  Paul came over to BBN after the buyout
> > on a consultant basis, but I don't know if he has stayed on at this
> > present day.  Bill Yundt also came over to the BBN side, then went onward
> > with Web TV Networks.
> >
> > John Rugo was running NEARNet when he was asked to run BARRNet after
> > the buyout.  After a 2-3 year stint in that position, he went on to
> > be on the senior management team at Cisco in their then new ISP group.
> >
> > The only people left from the original BARRNet at BBN-WR is Vince Fuller
> > and Bill Yundt's admin, Nora Lundin.
> >
> >      rob.