Ebone 92 Lists of Supporting and Interested Organisations
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Several organisations have indicated their support and/or cooperation for
the Ebone 92 initiative. Although they are not signatories to the MoU, they
have expressed their intent to work with the other participating
organisations in various ways. The Ebone 92 Supporting Organisations are
listed below along with some extracts from the letters and messages that
express their form of support and cooperation and that give any relevant
conditions and constraints that may apply. This cooperation within the
academic and research networking community is vital for the ongoing
development of networking services in Europe and for effective
collaboration with our partners in the US.
Supporting Organisations
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ANS
Cable & Wireless
CERN *
DESY
IBM *
NSF *
PTT Telecom *
Sprint International
* Statement follows
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Supporting Organisation : CERN
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Comms Capacity :
EBS :
RBS : Connect CERN and provide support for connected CERN users
including connections between CERN users
Other : Access to International Legal Advice
Brian Carpenter brian@priam.cern.ch
Francois Fluckiger fluckiger@vxcern.cern.ch
Date: 5th December 1991
=------------------------Letter from J. Thresher---------------------=
As you know CERN is very keen to see research networking in Europe
improved as quickly as possible. In this connection we have examined
the EBONE 92 initiative and discussed it both internally and with a
number of representatives of the users in our Member States. It is our
understanding that users in several of our Member States may, in the
future, wish to make their connections to CERN via links which will
involve the scheme planned for EBONE 92.
The initiative for making such connections must come from the users
themselves since it is they and not CERN who pay the line charges. For
our part we see no difficulty in agreeing to make the connections as
long as the basic condition, that is to the net benefit of our users,
is met.
Although we shall not ourselves be signing the EBONE 92 Memorandum of
Understanding, we shall nevertheless ensure that the services we
provide for the users who wish to take advantage of EBONE 92 will be
maintained and improved. The detailed arrangements, including
operational aspects, for making connections to CERN should be worked
out with F. Fluckiger and O.H. Martin. In due course it may be
appropriate to formalize these arrangements between the EBONE 92
consortium and CERN, clearly with the full agreement of the users
involved.
I hope this provides a reasonable basis on which to proceed and I
look forward to fruitful cooperation in the interest of improved
network services.
With kind regards.
Yours sincerely,
J.J. Thresher
Director of Research
5th December 1991
=------------------Message from F. Fluckiger and O. Martin----------------=
1. J.J. Thresher, CERN Director of Research in charge of computing and
networking, has now communicated the official position of CERN
regarding the Ebone 1992 initiative on December 5, 1991, to the
Interim Ebone 92 Management Committee in a letter to K. Neggers.
While CERN welcomes Ebone 1992, in particular, as well as any
initiative aiming at improving the networking situation in Europe, in
general, CERN will not sign the Ebone 1992 Memorandum of Understanding at
this stage. However, CERN will make sure that connectivity with Ebone
92 participants is maintained or improved by immediately starting an
active collaboration with the relevant Ebone committees.
2. The detailed arrangements and the precise operational form of this
collaboration are still to be finalized.
3. CERN proposes to connect to Ebone 92 as a Regional Boundary System
(RBS), to the nearest EBS, that is Amsterdam, rather than to host an
Ebone Boundary System (EBS), given its present operational and use
conditions.
4. The other lines established with CERN are subject to specific
service agreements which define the purpose of the line, the
acceptable use conditions, the services to be provided as well as the
operational aspects.
4.1 When covered by the existing agreement, connectivity between other
leased lines connected to CERN and Ebone 92 will be automatically
provided.
4.2 When not covered, it will be to the connected party to request the
appropriate amendment to their service agreement with CERN.
5. In practice, the approach outlined above will immediately provide
full IP connectivity for academic and research users connected through CERN
and similar users connected through Ebone 92, whilst respecting the
general use conditions and policies of our organization.
Olivier H. Martin & F. Fluckiger
Supporting Organisation : IBM Europe
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Comms Capacity : Supply IP capacity (within multi-protocol EASInet)
Other : EMC and EAT (coopted members)
Harry Clasper
IBM Rome: (39) 6 5473 5319
Switchboard: (39) 6 54731
via fax (39) 6 5473 5376
Viale Oceano Pacifico 171/173, Rome
clasph.clasper@ibmx400-fr.ibmmail.circe.fr
Peter Streibelt
IBM Heidelberg: (49) 622 1404225
CASTER@DHDIBM1
Letter from IBM Rome, 17th December 1991
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As you know IBM is very keen to promote further improvement in Academic and
Research networking in Europe. I believe our support for EARN and, more
recently, EASInet clearly demonstrates this. We welcome, therefore, the
EBONE proposal which you have initiated and we are prepared to contribute
to this initiative in the following way:
1. We offer the us of the EASInet infrastructure including the
present T1 link to the USA without charge. You will appreciate
that, on many of the links in EASInet, there are joint funding
agreements between IBM and other parties. Obviously the agreement of
the other parties will be required where relevant. Also the
individual agreement of our EASI partners will be required where
relevant.
2. We also offer the co-operation of the EASInet Network Operations Group
in G.M.D. in order to achieve a close working relationship with your
proposed EBONE operations function.
In return we expect to be closely involved in the work of the EBONE
technical groups together with our G.M.D. partners.
We will not be a signatory to the MOU for reasons I have already explained
to you. I would like to repeat my offer to contribute to the work of the
EBONE management organisation in whatever capacity is appropriate.
Harry Clasper
Higher Education Manager
Cc: Herbert Budd
Peter Streibelt
Supporting Organisation : NSF
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Comms Capacity : Portions of US - NORDUnet and UK Fat Pipes,
French Connection
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 92 15:19:23 EST
>From: Steve Goldstein
Ph 202-357-9717 <sgoldste@cise.cise.nsf.gov>
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This message re-affirms e-mail exchanges we have had on the subject of
NSF's commitment to the Ebone92 initiative. NSF will commit/permit the use
(of the portions which it funds) of the links with NORDUnet and with INRIA
for the purpose of exchanging Ebone traffic with the U.S., subject, of
course, to the Acceptable Use policies of the individual networks reached.
NSF likewise will permit use of its share of the U.K - U.S. Fat Pipe,
should that be used in the Ebone configuration. Similarly, this commitment
extends to any successor use that might be made of the NSF-INRIA link in
respect of the French national network, RENATER. Although we cannot make
any such commitment beyond our current budget year (which ends 30
september, 1992), we would expect to continue the commitment, contingent on
budget, for the remainder of the Ebone92 initiative. In the above regard,
you may classify NSF as either a "Supporting" or "Contributing" member of
the Ebone Consortium, as your interpretation best fits. In either case, we
would be in good company. Best wishes for success in the New Year,Steve
Goldstein
Program Director, Interagency & International Networking Coordination
Div. of Networking and Communications Research & Infrastructure
National Science Foundation
Supporting Organization : PTT Telecom
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date: 21 January 1992
from: Rob Kippers, director IT/IBR
tel: +31 70 3433977
The contribution of PTT Telecom can be worded as follows:
Subject to specification and agreement between PTT Telecom and the
Commission of the European Communities as contractor for the current
Pilot IXI Service, PTT Telecom contributes with the establishment,
housing and operation of an IXI-EBONE Gateway.
I hope that the EBONE 92 participants will consider this contribution
of PTT Telecom as a good basis for further fruitfull cooperation.
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