In 1999 the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) published a report which concluded: "In summary, end-to-end NS/EP services cannot currently be offered via the public Internet. A number of factors (e.g., lack of NS/EP demand, market factors, and lack of regulatory mandates) make it unlikely that the same type of NS/EP services available in the PSN will be available over the Internet for the foreseeable future." Well, its now 2002 and things have changed. Both the FCC Network Reliablity and Interoperability Council (NRIC) and the NCS National Security Telecommunication Advisory Committee (NSTAC) are inviting ISPs to participate in their activities. Since they are busy writing reports about the Internet it might be nice to actually have some people with an Internet perspective. Did you know the next generation Internet will have a MPLS core? http://www.ncs.gov/nstac/nstac.htm FOR MORE INFORMATION ON NSTAC call (703) 607-6209 http://www.nric.org/ NRIC VI Contact PAMELA J. STEGORA AXBERG CHAIR, NRIC VI STEERING COMMITTEE OFFICE: 763-531-6000 FAX: 763-536-5041 CELL: 612-816-7767 EMAIL: pstegor@qwest.com 9700 SCHMIDT LAKE ROAD, ROOM 300 PLYMOUTH, MN 55442