[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

internet backbone
     
         high-speed networks that carry
        internet traffic.
     
        these communications networks are provided by companies
        such as att, gte, ibm, mci, netcom, sprint,
        uunet and consist of high-speed links in the t1, t3,
        oc1 and oc3 ranges.  the backbones carry internet
        traffic around the world and meet at network access points
        naps.
     
        internet service providers isps connect either directly to
        a backbone, or they connect to a larger isp with a connection
        to a backbone.
     
        the topology of the "backbone" and its interconnections may
        once have resembled a spine with ribs connected along its
        length but is now almost certainly more like a fishing net
        wrapped around the world with many circular paths.
     
        map?
     
        1998-07-02
     
     
see also:
internet communications networks att gte ibm 
mci netcom sprint uunet t1 
t3 oc1 oc3 backbones network access points 
internet service providers topology 

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