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From: rja@edison.GE.COM (rja)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Size of the Internet vs. UUCP net
Message-ID: <1962@edison.GE.COM>
Date: 10 May 89 00:12:13 GMT
References: <1989Apr24.203137.5835@utzoo.uucp> <163@ncis.tis.llnl.gov> <81@nwnexus.WA.COM>
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In article <81@nwnexus.WA.COM>, edm@nwnexus.WA.COM (Ed Morin) writes:
> I thought that just any organization could not join the Internet regardless
> of monetary resources. 

Aside from getting indirect Internet access by becoming a UUNET subscriber,
most anyone can connect with the regional network in their area if
willing to pay the network costs.  The regional networks together
with the DoD & NSF backbones constitute the Internet.  It really is
a bunch of cooperating networks rather than one single net -- hence
the name.  Only DoD-affiliated organisations can be part of the MILnet
which is dedicated to military-related organisations, but that is a small
part of the Internet these days...

rja@edison.cho.ge.com