Organization: Penn State University
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 07:24:29 EDT
From: Peter M. Weiss <PMW1@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.infonets
Subject: Re: Commercial Resources List

In article <54525.cheyne@hawk.nstn.ns.ca>, Andrew Cheyne Student
<cheyne@HAWK.NSTN.NS.CA> says:

>I am looking for a list of commercial services available through the
>Internet. (...)

A standard source for such info is available by anonymous ftp from
nnsc.nsf.net get nsfnet/referral-list

I've attached a current copy (though I can not determine if they ALL
provider commercial service or know what their particular AUP are).

/Pete
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                     NETWORK PROVIDER REFERRAL LIST
                    NSF Network Service Center (NNSC)
                              2 July 1992

The NSF Network Service Center (NNSC) often receives the initial calls from
sites wishing to connect to the Internet.  The NNSC refers such callers to
the appropriate contacts for any networks which might be able to serve them.
The current list of contacts used by NNSC for this purpose follows. If you
have any updates or corrections to this information, please send a message
to nnsc@nnsc.nsf.net.

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Network		Service Area
	Contact Name	Phone Number	Mail Address
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Providers Based in the United States of America
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Alternet	US and International
	UUNET 		(800) 4UUNET3	alternet-info@uunet.uu.net

ANS		US and International
	Joel Maloff	(313) 663-7610	info@ans.net

BARRNet		Northern/Central California (CA)
	Paul Baer    	(415) 723-7520 	info@nic.barrnet.net

CERFnet		Western US and International
	CERFnet Hotline	(800) 876-2373	help@cerf.net
			(619) 455-3900

CICnet		Midwest US (MN, WI, IA, IN, IL, MI, OH)
	John Hankins	(313) 998-6102	hankins@cic.net

CO Supernet	Colorado (CO)
	Ken Harmon 	(303) 273-3475	kharmon@csn.org

CONCERT		North Carolina (NC)
	Joe Ragland	(919) 248-1404	jrr@concert.net

International Connections Manager (ICM) International
	Robert Collet	(703) 904-2230	rcollet@icm1.icp.net

INet		Indiana (IN)
	Dick Ellis	(812) 855-4240	ellis@ucs.indiana.edu

JVNCnet		US and International
	Sergio Heker	(800) 35TIGER	market@jvnc.net
        Allison Pihl

Los Nettos	Los Angeles Area (CA)
	Ann Westine Cooper  (310) 822-1511  los-nettos-request@isi.edu

MichNet/Merit	Michigan (MI)
	Jeff Ogden	(313) 764-9430	jogden@merit.edu

MIDnet		Mid US (NE, OK, AR, MO, IA, KS, SD)
	Dale Finkelson	(402) 472-5032	dmf@westie.unl.edu

MRnet		Minnesota (MN)
	Dennis Fazio	(612) 342-2570	dfazio@mr.net

MSEN            Michigan (MI)
	Owen Medd	(313) 741-1120	info@msen.com

NEARnet		Northeastern US (ME NH VT CT RI MA)
	John Curran 	(617) 873-8730	nearnet-staff@nic.near.net

netILLINOIS	Illinois (IL)
	Joel L. Hartman	(309) 677-3100	joel@bradley.bradley.edu

NevadaNet	Nevada (NV)
	Don Zitter	(702) 784-6133	zitter@nevada.edu

NorthwestNet	Northwestern US (WA OR ID MT ND WY AK)
	Eric Hood	(206) 562-3000	ehood@nwnet.net

NYSERnet	New York (NY)
	Jim Luckett	(315) 443-4120	info@nysernet.org

OARnet		Ohio (OH)
	Alison Brown	(614) 292-8100	alison@oar.net

PACCOM		Hawaii (HI) and Australia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Hong Kong
	Torben Nielsen  (808) 956-3499  torben@hawaii.edu

PREPnet		Pennsylvania (PA)
	Thomas Bajzek	(412) 268-7870	twb+@andrew.cmu.edu

PSCNET		Eastern US (PA, OH, WV)
	Eugene Hastings	(412) 268-4960	pscnet-admin@psc.edu

PSINet		US and International
	PSI, Inc.	(800) 82PSI82	info@psi.com
			(703) 620-6651

SDSCnet		San Diego Area (CA)
	Paul Love	(619) 534-5043	loveep@sds.sdsc.edu

Sesquinet	Texas (TX)
	Farrell Gerbode	(713) 527-4988	farrell@rice.edu

SprintLink      US and International
        Bob Doyle       (703) 904-2230  bdoyle@icm1.icp.net

SURAnet		Southeastern US (WV, VA, SC, NC, TN, KY, LA, MS, AL, GA, FL)
	Jack Hahn	(301) 982-4600	hahn@sura.net

THEnet		Texas (TX)
	Tracy LaQuey Parker  (512) 471-2444  tracy@utexas.edu

VERnet		Virginia (VA)
	James Jokl	(804) 924-0616	jaj@virginia.edu

Westnet		Western US (AZ, CO, ID, NM, UT, WY)
	Pat Burns	(303) 491-7260	pburns@yuma.acns.colostate.edu

WiscNet		Wisconsin (WI)
	Tad Pinkerton	(608) 262-8874	tad@cs.wisc.edu

WVNET		West Virginia (WV)
	Harper Grimm	(304) 293-5192	cc011041@wvnvms.wvnet.edu

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Providers Based in Canada
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ARnet           Alberta
        Walter Neilson  (403) 450-5188    neilson@TITAN.arc.ab.ca

BCnet           British Columbia
        Mike Patterson  (604) 822-3932    Mike_Patterson@mtsg.ubc.ca

MBnet           Manitoba
        Gerry Miller    (204) 474-8230    miller@ccm.UManitoba.ca

AccessNB        New Brunswick
        David MacNeil   (506) 453-4573    DGM@unb.ca

NLnet           Newfoundland and Labrador
        Wilf Bussey     (709) 737-8329    wilf@kean.ucs.mun.ca

NSTN            Nova Scotia
        Michael Martineau (902) 468-NSTN  martinea@hawk.nstn.ns.ca

ONet            Ontario
        Andy Bjerring   (519) 661-2151    bjerring@uwovax.uwo.ca

PEINet          Prince Edward Island
        Jim Hancock     (902) 566-0450    hancock@upei.ca

RISQ            Quebec
        Bernard Turcotte (514) 340-5700   turcotte@crim.ca

SASK#net        Saskatchewan
        Dean C. Jones   (306) 966-4860    jonesdc@admin.usask.ca

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Other Providers
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AARNet		Australia
	AARNet Support	+61 6 249 3385	aarnet@aarnet.edu.au

UKnet		United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
	UKnet Support	+44-227-475497	postmaster@uknet.ac.uk

EUnet           Europe, CIS-region, and Northern Africa
	EUnet Support   +31 20 592-5124 glenn@eu.net

Pipex           United Kingdom
        Richard Nuttall (RN131) +44 223 424616  sales@pipex.net
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