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From: torben@FORALIE.ICS.HAWAII.EDU (Torben Nielsen)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: A proposal on a new newsgroup "comp.protocols.migrate.to.iso"
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Date: 9 Jun 90 21:48:28 GMT
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These statements about the glorious OSI environment in Korea sound pretty
silly. KAIST has just established a 56Kbps link to the Internet. And
they at least claim to be building a larger IP network. Also, I just finished
installing the *fourth* 64Kbps link to Tokyo. All of them running IP.

No doubt there's interest in OSI migration in both Japan and Korea. But - and
this is my personal impression - neither is much further along that path than
we are. Unless you count their greater reliance on X.25 and take that as
a plus.....

Australia and New Zealand have extensive IP networks too. They're simply
being pragmatic. Actually, the Australian network (AARN) is about the
most impressive accomplishment in IP network construction I can think of.
They connected just about all the universities in the country in one fell
swoop; the whole thing was planned and executed very nicely.

							Torben