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From: mcc@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM (Merton Campbell Crockett)
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Subject: Re:  The network
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Date: 17 Oct 90 04:19:08 GMT
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John:

I like your statements--they follow the party line.  Let me insert a little
reality before you send any maps--actually send the maps, I would like to
take a look at this make believe world.

The point of my interest was that the networks never devolved in the conceptual
outlines that were anticipated years earlier.  There is no *.org, *.gov, *.edu,
or *.com networks.  There is an *.mil network but it incorporates all of the
preceding "classes" of users.  There are regional networks that incorporate
these "classes" of users.  There are no networks, to my knowledge, that are
composed of a single "class" of user.

For example, *.contel.com is a member of several networks.  The membership
is partly historical, it is partly a matter of emphasis, and it is partly
a matter of entry and sponsorship in the ARPA and MILNET domains.  Actually,
one might want to consider the role of acquisition in network membership.
The domain *.imsd.contel.com is a MILNET member, all other *.contel.com domains
are members of SURAnet.

Another example is the *.radc.af.mil domain.  The tops20.radc.af.mil system
is part of NYSERnet.  The lonex.radc.af.mil and subsidiary systems are strictly
a part of MILNET.  One can access the *.radc.af.mil domain either through
NYSERnet or MILNET.

Merton