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Titolo: In memoria

Sul canale IRC dell'ormai ex NOC di Ebone è in atto una operazione
nostalgia:
http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/museum/netwerk/ub4b-E.html
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=bnews.mcvax.2402&output=gplain
http://pics.ramses.smeyers.be/2002-06-08/
Inoltre c'è questo (in cui spicca la mancanza dell'Italia: perché?):
                            EBONE
                            -----
EBONE is a European international network backbone connecting research
network service providers. Connectivity will be offered between these
networks, to the United States and indeed to the International Internet.
EBONE will offer two services:
  - an Internet IP (level 3) production service;
  - an ISO-CLNS (level3 ) pilot service.
EBONE is constituted as a consortium of organizations which contribute to
the management, operation, and funding of the network.  'EBONE' stands for
"European Backbone".
The Need for a European Research Backbone Network
The requirement for Europe-wide network connectivity at increasing
bandwidth and for high-speed connectivity to US networks has long been
recognized.  In recent years, this demand has focused on IP services.
Until late 1991 such connectivity was available only to individual
national and international research networks.  With EBONE, network
interconnection is simplified, increased bandwidth is made available,
better connections are provided to the United States, and there is greater
economy of scale in terms of operations and transmission cost.
The Community Served
EBONE focuses on supporting networking organizations which serve the
European academic and research communities.  Through EBONE, European
researchers have improved access and higher-performance connections to
their colleagues throughout Europe and the United States.
Furthermore, by encouraging the participation of commercial network
service providers (e.g., PTTs, information technology companies), EBONE
will increase the size of the participating communities, reduce individual
costs, encourage the participation of industrial researchers, and
stimulate the creation of competitive international IP networking services
in Europe.
EBONE complements other European activities such as the X.25 service
provided by the IXI network, and the EMPP pilot multi-protocol project.
EBONE Today
EBONE will operate a core backbone between London, Stockholm, Amsterdam,
Geneva, and France (Montpellier).
                        Stockholm  E
                                 /   \
                      256 Kbps /       \ 512 Kbps
                             /           \
                           /               \
                   London E                 E Amsterdam
                          |                 |
                          |        512 Kbps |
                          |                 |
                          |                 |
                          | 256 Kbps        |
                          |                 |
     France (Montpellier) E-----------------E CERN
                               256 Kbps
Intercontinental links to the United States are provided from London,
Stockholm and Geneva.  The European links operate initially at speeds
between 256 and 512 kilobits per second.  National and international
networks connect to these core backbone sites.  Demand for EBONE services
is growing rapidly.  Additional links and increased capacity will be
installed to satisfy this demand, and several such upgrades are in
planning.
EBONE is managed by the EBONE Management Committee made up of
representatives from selected member organizations.  Operational support
is provided by core and other sites in cooperation with EBONE Network
Operations Center at The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm.
Background and Time Scales
EBONE began in September 1991 when representatives of several European
academic and research networks met to resolve long-standing European
connectivity problems.  Their approach was to evaluate existing available
links, to look for opportunities to bring these links together quickly
under a unified approach, and to make plans to enhance these links.
Contributions were secured, a management structure was established,
operational procedures were put in place, and an overall
contribution-oriented funding approach was agreed.
The effort was formally started in January 1992.  Each participating
organization has signed a Memorandum of Understanding which defines the
terms of EBONE membership and the resources which each member contributes
to the EBONE effort.  EBONE now has 20 member organizations (see below),
with new members joining regularly.
The present flexible contribution-oriented approach is expected to evolve
towards a more formal funding structure.  Over the longer term, it is
anticipated that the EBONE will become a part of the multi-protocol
networking infrastructure to be provided by the RARE initiated Operational
Unit.
For More Information About EBONE
Please contact Marieke Dekker at the RARE Secretariat (E-mail:
eb...@rare.nl
, phone: 
+31 20 639 1131
) or any of the participating
organizations listed.
ANNEX
The following Member Organizations have formally joined the EBONE
Consortium.
    ACOnet, Austria
    ARIADNet, Greece
    EARN
    EUnet/EurOpen
    FORTH, Greece (Crete)
    ICRF, UK
    ILAN, Israel
    JNT, UK
    KTH, Sweden
    KU Leuven, Belgium
    NIKHEF, Netherlands
    Nordic Carriers
    NORDUnet
    RARE
    RedIRIS, Spain
    Swedish Telecom International/TIPnet
    SURFnet, Netherlands
    SWIPnet/Tele2, Sweden
    ULB, Belgium
    YUNAC, Yugoslavia
The following organizations have formally expressed support and
cooperation with the EBONE initiative, while not intending to join the
Consortium by signing the MoU:
    CERN
    IBM
    NSF
    PTT Telecom, Netherlands
The following organizations have expressed interest in joining the
EBONE Consortium and announced the intention of signing the MoU:
    DFN, Germany
    FCCN, Portugal
    GMD, Germany
    RENATER, France
    SWITCH, Switzerland
    UCD, Ireland
    XLINK, Germany
Other organizations having shown interest in joining the Consortium:
    ECRC
    ESA
    INFN/GARR, Italy
    INRIA, France
    HEANET, Ireland
    Rutherford laboratories, UK
GLOSSARY
    CLNS:  Connection-less network service
    EMPP:  European 2 Mb MultiProtocol Pilot
    IP:    Internet Protocol
    ISO:   International Standards Organization
    IXI:   International X.25 Infrastructure
    RARE:  Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne
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