LOS NETTOS - Los Angeles Area Regional Network


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
               Los Nettos c/o
               Ann Cooper
               USC/Information Sciences Institute
               4676 Admiralty Way
               Marina del Rey, CA 90292

            _E_m_a_i_l: los-nettos-request@ISI.EDU

            _P_h_o_n_e: (310) 822-1511
               FAX: (310) 823-6714


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            Los Nettos is a regional network in the Los Angeles area.

            Important features of Los Nettos are that it is  (1)  an  IP
            network,  and  (2) it is ``high speed.'' All connections and
            links are at least T1 (1.5 Mbps) capacity.  A  goal  of  Los
            Nettos is to provide an environment to develop very interac-
            tive network applications.

            Los Nettos is operated by the member organizations,  not  by
            DARPA,  or  NASA,  NSF, or DOE, etc.  It may be used for any
            educational or research purpose.

            The  member  organizations  are  universities  and  research
            laboratories.   The  Information Sciences Institute (ISI) of
            the University of Southern  California  (USC)  acts  as  the
            agent for Los Nettos.

            Nine organizations are already participating in this network
            (ISI, USC, JPL, CalTech, UCLA, TIS, Rand, TRW, and NOSC).  A
            number of  other  research  centers  have  expressed  strong
            interest in participating.

            Los Nettos will interoperate with CERFnet and other networks
            to provide access to special resources (for example, the San
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            Diego Supercomputer Center), or to other  regional  networks
            (for example, BARRNET in the San Francisco Bay area).

            _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s

            Any IP host of any member organization may access  Los  Net-
            tos.   Los Nettos does not offer Dial-up access.  Please see
            CERFNET.

            _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _N_e_t_w_o_r_k

            Any of the members  can  exchange  traffic  with  any  other
            member  for  any  purpose.   Any  member  may use any of the
            long-haul networks Los Nettos has  connections  to,  subject
            only  to the restrictions of the owner of the long-haul net-
            work.

            _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s

            See also, CERFNET.

            _S_u_p_p_l_e_m_e_n_t_a_r_y _D_o_c_u_m_e_n_t_s _o_n _n_n_s_c._n_s_f._n_e_t

            Each Los Nettos Member is permitted to have  associates  and
            connect them to the network.  Each Los Nettos member can set
            its own policies for associates.   Currently,  only  Caltech
            and ISI have associate programs.

            _R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s

            Los Nettos Member and Associate information are available by
            anonymous FTP from "venera.isi.edu" located in the files:

               in-notes/los-nettos/lanet-story.txt
               in-notes/los-nettos/lanet-assoc.txt
















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