At 3:41 PM 96-10-08, Scott Huddle wrote:

Isn't this the same mission as the vBNS?

The I-II's GigaPOPs are likely to have other interconnects besides the vBNS, but the vBNS is a component of the I-II architecture. There was one slight mismatch in that I-II is intended for general academic use whilst the vBNS basically required case-by-case usage approval; this has however been rectified by a recent NSF ruling. -s Stephen Wolff Business Development ciscoSystems 202 337 1213