SECTION 2 REFERENCES

1. Cerf, Vinton G., "Computer Networking: Global Infrastructure for the 21st Century," World Wide Web, www.cs.washington.edu/cra/networks.html, 1995.

2. CERFnet, "Network Service Provider Interconnections and Exchange Points," World Wide Web, www.cerf.net/cerfnet/interconnects.html

3. Cooper, Lane F., "The Commercialization of the Internet," Communications Week, April 1, 1996, pp. 135-139.

4. Fazio, Dennis, "Hang Onto Your Packets: The Information Super Highway Heads to Valleyfair or Building a High Performance Computer System Without Reading the Instructions," World Wide Web, www.mr.net/announcements/valleyfair.html, March 14, 1995.

5. Frazer, Karen D., "The NSFNET Phenomenon," World Wide Web, www.merit.edu/nsfnet/final.report/phenom.html.

6. Hardy, Henry Edward, "A Short History of the Net," World Wide Web, www.ocean.ic.net/ftp/doc/snethisthew.html, 1995.

7. MCI Telecommunications Corporation, "The vBNS Network," World Wide Web, www.government.com/vBNS/network_map.html, 1995.

8. Merit Network, Inc., "NSFNET: Transition to T3," World Wide Web, www.merit.edu/nsfnet/final.report/transition.html.

9. Merit Network, Inc., "Router Server Technical Overview," World Wide Web, www.ra.net.routing.arbiter/RA/.rs.overview.html.

10. National Laboratory for Applied Network Research, "Background Information," World Wide Web, www.nlanr.net/VBNS/background.html.

11. National Laboratory for Applied Network Research, "Collaboration on the Very High Speed Backbone Network Services (vBNS)," World Wide Web, www.nlanr.net/VBNS.

12. National Laboratory for Applied Network Research, "NSFNET -- The National Science Foundation Network," World Wide Web, www.nlanr.net/INFRA/NSFNET.html, November 23, 1995.

13. National Science Foundation, "NSF 93-52 - Network Access Point Manager, Routing Arbiter, Regional Network Providers, and Very High Speed Backbone Network Services Provider for NSFNET and the NREN(SM) Program - Program Solicitation," May 6, 1993.

14. Quarterman, John, "What is the Internet Anyway?," World Wide Web, gopher.tic.com/00/matrix/news/v4/what .408, 1994.

15. Rietz, Randy, Lewis, Will, "History of the Internet," World Wide Web, falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~wlewis'project/history.html, July 31, 1995.

16. Sprint, "Network Access Point Handbook," October 25, 1994.

17. Sprint, "SprintLink Customer Handbook 2.1," Sprint Document #5953-2, October 11, 1995.

18. Zakon, Robert Hobbes, "Hobbes' Internet Timeline v2.4a," World Wide Web, info.isoc.org/guest/zakon/Internet/History/HIT.html, 1996.

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