Bill sez: A US Internet "backbone" is one which connects to ALL the NAP/MAEs in the US. Not just two. All of them. ===== Bill: what backbone would that be? I am unaware that there is any single backbone that meets those criteria. Is your point that there is no single US internet backbone? if so, why not just say so? ********************************************************************* Gordon Cook, Editor & Publisher Subscriptions: Individ-ascii $85 The COOK Report on Internet Individ. hard copy $150 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA Small Corp & Gov't $200 (609) 882-2572 Corporate $350 Internet: cook@cookreport.com Corporate Site Lic. $650 http://pobox.com/cook/ for new COOK Report Glossary of Internet terms *********************************************************************