From:	miles@nikhef.nl
Sent:	mardi 17 décembre 1991 23:00
To:	ecco@nic.nordu.net
Subject:	Ebone 92 - Statement from IBM

Re: IBM's position on Ebone 92

 

Please find following the relevant portion of text for Ebone

92 from a fax received in Utrecht 18th Dec 91. This is a

positive statement of support.

 

Best regards

 

Kit Miles               Secretary to the Ebone 92 Initiative

 

FOLLOWS

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Letter from IBM

 

Rome, 17th December 1991

 

                              To:  Mr. Kees Neggers

 

As  you know IBM is very keen to promote further improvement

in Academic and Research networking in Europe. I believe our

support  for  EARN  and,  more  recently,  EASInet   clearly

demonstrates this.

 

We  welcome,  therefore, the  EBONE proposal which you  have

initiated   and  we  are  prepared  to  contribute  to  this

initiative in the following way:

 

1.   We   offer  the  use  of  the  EASInet   infrastructure

     including  the  present  T1  link  to the  USA  without

     charge.  You will appreciate that, on many of the links

     in  EASInet, there are joint funding agreements between

     IBM  and other parties. Obviously the agreement of  the

     other parties will be required where relevant. Also the

     individual  agreement  of  our  EASI partners  will  be

     required where relevant.

 

2.   We  also offer the co-operation of the EASInet  Network

     Operations  Group in G.M.D. in order to achieve a close

     working   relationship   with   your   proposed   EBONE

     operations function.

 

In  return we expect to  be closely involved in the work  of

the   EBONE  technical  groups  together  with  our   G.M.D.

partners.

 

We  will  not be a signatory  to the MOU for reasons I  have

already explained to you.

 

I would like to repeat my offer to contribute to the work of

the  EBONE management  organisation in whatever capacity  is

appropriate.

 

Harry Clasper

Higher Education Manager

 

Cc: Herbert Budd

    Peter Streibelt

 

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