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EUnet JOINS CIX ASSOCIATION
Amsterdam, 2 April 1992. EUnet, the pan-European
open systems computer network, today announced that
it has become the first operating European network
to join the Commercial Internet Exchange Association
(CIX).
EUnet is Europe's largest subscription-funded
network, focusing on users in the research and
development community since 1982. Operating in
nearly every country from Iceland to Russia and as
far South as Tunisia, EUnet connects over 2500
networks and sites and has gateways to every major
network in Europe. EUnet services include Electronic
Mail, Network (USENET) News, and Archive access.
EUnet's InterEunet service, in operation since 1990,
provides international and intercontinental LAN
interconnection services based on the TCP/IP
protocols to over 100 organisations across Europe.
EUnet is a service by and for the members of
EurOpen, the European Forum for Open System, a not-
for-profit organisation.
The Commercial Internet Exchange Association, Inc.
(CIX), was formed in 1991 as a non-profit trade
association to provide a non-restrictive
packet interchange for TCP/IP and OSI traffic. The
Association actively solicits membership and network
connections with all commercial and non-profit US
national, Regional, and Mid-level networks, Federal
and state government networks, and international
network organisations.
Mitch Kapor, President of the CIX Association, said
the CIX was delighted that EUnet has joined and
that CIX will now truly become an international network
connecting European and U.S. network subscribers.