






                                     Los Nettos


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
            Los Nettos c/o
            Ann Westine
            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: (213) 822-1511 [Ann Westine]


            _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.

            Seven organizations are already participating in  this  net-
            work (ISI, USC, JPL, CalTech, UCLA, TIS and Rand).  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
            Diego Supercomputer Center), or to other  regional  networks
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            (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.

            _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 _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n

            See also, CERFNET.

































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