Thanks for your submission. The listing will be condensed. I will forward the edited version for your approval. Susan On Mon, 19 Jul 1993, Marten Terpstra wrote:

----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1993 14:33:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Susan Estrada <sestrada@nic.cerf.net> Sender: ietf-request@IETF.CNRI.Reston.VA.US To: ietf@CNRI.Reston.VA.US cc: Susan Estrada <sestrada@nic.cerf.net> Subject: Request for Information re: Internet Service Providers

I am writing a book called Connecting to the Internet: A Buyer's Guide. I will be including a list (DLIST) of dedicated line providers to make it easy for the reader to find a connection. If you have a network and I have not already contacted you, I need the information at the end of this message for your network. If you would like to add your information, please reply by Tuesday, July 20, noon.

The book is going to be published by O'Reilly and Associates and should be available in August. The list will be made available on the Internet courtesy of O'Reilly upon completion. Details are forthcoming about how to get updates of DLIST or add your network information in the future.

This message should be forwarded to anyone you think should see it. Thanks for your assistance.

Susan Estrada sestrada@cerf.net - --------------------------

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Network Name: GARR

Service Area: Italy

Contact: GARR-NIS (GARR Network Information Service)

Voice: +39 50 593360

email: info@nis.garr.it

FTP more info: ftp.nis.garr.it:/garr

Network Description (short paragraph):

GARR is the acronym for Harmonisation Group for Research Networks created in 1988 operating under the Ministry of the University and of Scientific and Technological Research (MURST) in Italy. GARR is also the name of the Italian Research Network. The aim of GARR is to establish and operate a backbone interconnecting the Italian research and academic networks and to co-ordinate connections to international networks. GARR will continue to maintain connections to the major research networks, including EASInet, Internet, BITNET/EARN, EUnet, Fidonet, HEPnet, Europa Net, EBONE and other networking initiatives. The backbone of the network provides four TDM channels over 2 Mbps lines, carrying IP, DECnet, SNA and X.25 traffic. The GARR network has been constituted to serve primarily the following users of all institution reporting to MURST:

1- Universities 2- Consortia offering computer services to universities (CILEA, CINECA, etc.) 3- Astronomic and Astrophysics Observatories e Vesuviani 4- National Research Council (CNR) 5- National High Energy Physics Institute (INFN) 6- Italian Space Agency (ASI)

and other public funded research institutions like ENEA (National Council for Research on Nuclear and Alternative Energies Sources) and the Consortium Tecnopolis CSATA etc.

The network services are also accessible by research departments of private initiatives which have cooperations and common projects with public funded research environment.

The utilisation of the network is allowed for the activities connected to the development of research programs, higher education, to the diffusion of scientific information and to the support and management of the research programs. The utilisation of the GARR network is not allowed for - commercial activities; - exchange of information not pertinent to the scientific research or higher education; - not permitted access to the facilities connected to the network for a usage that provokes waste of resources, infringement to the privacy, etc.

Daniele Vannozzi Phone: +39 50 593280 GARR-NIS Phone NIS: +39 50 593360 c/o CNUCE - Istituto del CNR Fax: +39 50 904052 Via Santa Maria 36 Telex: 500371 - CNUCE 56100 Pisa - Italy E-mail: vannozzi@nis.garr.it