24 February 1994 Press release ============= Ebone continues. At a meeting between the present partners in Ebone on 22 February a proposal worked out by Renater, ACOnet and ECRC for continuing Ebone after 1 July 1994 was discussed. The proposal is for a backbone with nodes in Paris and Vienna, and the intitial backbone will have a 512 kbps line from Vienna to Paris and a 1.5 Mbps line from Paris to the GIX in Washington. Upgrades are planned as the need arises. Ebone will continue to peer with NSFnet and other US networks and Ebone is negotiating peering agreements with EUnet and EMPB in order to secure good connectivity within Europe. Ebone will remain AUP free, ie. it will be open to all IP providers. Partners may connect either to Paris or to Vienna and due to the simplified backbone it is expected that the cost will be lower than for the present Ebone. At the meeting, research networks in nine countries stated their intention to join the new Ebone and others are invited to contact Ebone managements for more information. Christian Michau, Renater Frode Greisen, UNI-C Ebone chairman Ebone general manager <michau@urec.fr> <frode.greisen@uni-c.dk>