The National Science Foundation Network

B. Chinoy, and H.-W. Braun
San Diego Supercomputer Center,
University of California, San Diego

This paper describes the National Science Foundation Network, which evolved from a 56 kbps six-node network in the mid-eighties to today's 45 Mbps network, covering a large fraction of the research and education community via attached mid-level networks, and extending into a global arena via international connections.