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In article <4hohfp$9v1@news.internetmci.com> David Fisher <David.Fisher@InternetMCI.com> writes:
>MCI won an contract to run the entire NSFNET backbone and in 1994, 
>upgraded the network to 45MBPS, back then there were few commertial 
>providers, MCI didn't even have a commercially released service (product) 
>announced.

The NSFNET was operated a partnership involving MERIT, Inc., IBM and MCI.
Please read the final NSFNET report just published by Merit to get the
story straight. In fact, that partnership created ANS to actually operate
the NSFNET. ANS is now owned by America OnLine. MCI had to staff up to 
create InternetMCI. It was not the continuation of what had gone before.
I was involved in this deeply, so I know the details.

>MCI was then awarded an contract to upgrade the backbone to 155Mbps and 
>in 1995/ 1Q 1996, this upgrade has been installed.

Actually, this is InternetMCI, not NSFNET. NSFNET was decomissioned in April 
of 1995. It no longer exists. Now, there is an OC-3c network operated by 
MCI for the NSF, but that is the vBNS and is a very different network than
the NSFNET was.
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