Re: EOF-7 meeting minutes

[Lars-Johan Liman <]

> EBONE

The European Backbone - one of the leading pan-European service
providers. Connects 46 regional providers in 23 countries. For more
information, see http://www.ebone.net/.

> EU

The European Union. Major obstacle for free competitive networking in
Europe. For more information, see http://www.echo.lu/.

> FUNET

The Finnish University Network. The academic computer network in
Finland. For more information, see http://www.funet.fi/.

> GIX

Global Internet eXchange. Stockholm is the centre of the D-GIX system,
the Distributed Global Internet eXchange. The Royal Institute of
Technology (KTH) houses the largest exchange point for Internet
traffic in Europe. Service providers are welcome to exchange any kind
of IP traffic with all other participants in the D-GIX for a
neglectable cost. For more information, see http://www.noc.kth.se/dGIX

> KTH

Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (The Royal Institute of Technology) in
Stockholm, is the centre for Internet networking in the Nordic
area. It houses the central systems for The Swedish University Network
(SUNET) with its 34 Mb national infrastructure, the joint Nordic
University Network (NORDUnet) with its 8 Mb intra-Nordic
infrastructure, as well as the Distributed Global Internet eXchange
(D-GIX). For more information, see http://www.kth.se/.

> Mbit

Unit for measuring amounts of data. Amounts to 1.048.576 bits. For
more information, see http://www.BITNET/ :-).

> NORDUnet

The Nordic University Network. A joint effort from the 5 national
academic networks in the Nordic countries Sweden (SUNET), Norway
(UNINETT), Denmark (DEnet), Finland (FUNET), and Iceland (ISnet).
Operated mainly from the KTH in Stockholm, Sweden. For more
information, see http://www.nordu.net/.

> STUPI

Svensk Teknikutveckling och Produktinnovation AB. For more
information, see http://www.stupi.se/.

> SWIPnet

Swedish IP network - the IP service operated by Tele2, one of the
Swedish telephone companies. For more information, see
http:/www.swip.net/.

> Telia

One of the Swedish telephone companies. For more information, see
http://www.telia.se/.

> Transpac

The IP service operated by France Telecom Nordic Services AB. For more
information, see http://www.transpac.net/.

> Uninett

The Norwegian University Network. For more information, see
http/www.uninett.no/.

Just my 2 öre.

				Cheers,
				  /Liman
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