Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!crdgw1!rpi!uupsi!schoff
From: schoff@uu.psi.com (Martin Schoffstall)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Setting up a WAN
Message-ID: <1990Mar15.154444.919@uu.psi.com>
Date: 15 Mar 90 15:44:44 GMT
References: <JIM.90Mar14114535@baroque.Stanford.EDU>
Reply-To: schoff@uu.psi.com (Martin Schoffstall)
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Organization: Performance Systems International, Inc.
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The only two commercial tcp/ip WAN providers that I knwo of are:

	PSI (who I represent)
	SPRINT/TELENET (recently announced)

There are lots of academic/non-profit organizations including:

	uunet
	barrnet
	suranet
	etc...

There are different models of providing service, one (which
PSI practices) is turn-key where all issues such as leasing
lines, buying, maintaining, servicing equipment, domain registration,
consulting, training, user dialup access, etc.
is taken care of by the service provider.

Others are modeled after a more adhoc style where people buy
their own equipment, etc..  (I won't say who, since everytime
I do that I apparently get it wrong, it is undoubtedly point
of view).

Hope that helps.

Marty