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Folks,

   This may be of interest to many of you who have been waiting for
commercial internet services.

/John
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             NEARnet Announces Commercial Routing Option


Cambridge, MA -- The New England Academic and Research Network (NEARnet) is
pleased to announce a new commercial routing option for its members.  NEARnet
members who select this option may now pursue business activities such as
sales, technical support, software distribution and remote system maintenance
with other sites in the commercial Internet.

NEARnet has signed agreements with ANS CO+RE Systems and the Commercial
Internet Exchange (CIX) that make it possible for NEARnet to offer the new
commercial routing option.  NEARnet was instrumental in bringing ANS and the
CIX into an agreement to interconnect their networks, thus creating a sound
mechanism by which network service providers can offer their members access
to the commercial Internet.

NEARnet's Commercial Routing Option will be available in early November, once
the ANS/CIX interconnection is operational. Organizations using the Commercial
Routing Option will benefit from NEARnet's high-speed backbone, dependable
network operations, and comprehensive support services.  This option provides
NEARnet members with the most extensive commercial access available today.

For more information, send email to "nearnet-join@nic.near.net" or call
(617) 873-8730.  NEARnet is the premier provider of Internet services to
New England's networking community.

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