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From: schoff@REBEL.NYSER.NET ("Marty Schoffstall")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: NSFNET ?
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Date: 9 Apr 89 12:33:41 GMT
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Strictly speaking the ARPANet is being replaced by other DARPA
networks on the National Networking Testbed (NNT), and the ARPANet
is still chugging along as we speak.  The NSFNet is a national network
connecting regional networks (BARRNet in your area).  Indvidual organizations
don't join NSFNet they join a regional.

Of course one paragraph doesn't do any of this jstice.

Marty
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    I'm not sure that this is the right group to post this to.

    I heard the other day about a network called NSFNET that is supposedly
    replacing the ARPANET.  Can anyone tell me something about it and how
    one goes about getting on this network?  Does one need to have some 
    affiliation with a government agency?  Is there a better group to
    post this question to?

    Thanks in advance,
    Gerald Aden
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