EBONE
The European Backbone - one of the leading pan-European service providers. Connects 46 regional providers in 23 countries. For more information, see http://www.ebone.net/.
EU
The European Union. Major obstacle for free competitive networking in Europe. For more information, see http://www.echo.lu/.
FUNET
The Finnish University Network. The academic computer network in Finland. For more information, see http://www.funet.fi/.
GIX
Global Internet eXchange. Stockholm is the centre of the D-GIX system, the Distributed Global Internet eXchange. The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) houses the largest exchange point for Internet traffic in Europe. Service providers are welcome to exchange any kind of IP traffic with all other participants in the D-GIX for a neglectable cost. For more information, see http://www.noc.kth.se/dGIX
KTH
Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (The Royal Institute of Technology) in Stockholm, is the centre for Internet networking in the Nordic area. It houses the central systems for The Swedish University Network (SUNET) with its 34 Mb national infrastructure, the joint Nordic University Network (NORDUnet) with its 8 Mb intra-Nordic infrastructure, as well as the Distributed Global Internet eXchange (D-GIX). For more information, see http://www.kth.se/.
Mbit
Unit for measuring amounts of data. Amounts to 1.048.576 bits. For more information, see http://www.BITNET/ :-).
NORDUnet
The Nordic University Network. A joint effort from the 5 national academic networks in the Nordic countries Sweden (SUNET), Norway (UNINETT), Denmark (DEnet), Finland (FUNET), and Iceland (ISnet). Operated mainly from the KTH in Stockholm, Sweden. For more information, see http://www.nordu.net/.
STUPI
Svensk Teknikutveckling och Produktinnovation AB. For more information, see http://www.stupi.se/.
SWIPnet
Swedish IP network - the IP service operated by Tele2, one of the Swedish telephone companies. For more information, see http:/www.swip.net/.
Telia
One of the Swedish telephone companies. For more information, see http://www.telia.se/.
Transpac
The IP service operated by France Telecom Nordic Services AB. For more information, see http://www.transpac.net/.
Uninett
The Norwegian University Network. For more information, see http/www.uninett.no/. Just my 2 öre. Cheers, /Liman #------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Lars-Johan Liman ! Internet: liman@sunet.se # Ebone/NORDUnet/SUNET Operations Centre ! BITNET : LIMAN@SEARN # Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden ! HTTP : //www.sunet.se/~liman # ! Voice : Int +46 8 - 790 65 60 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------