






                   LOS NETTOS - Los Angeles Area Regional Network


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
               Los Nettos c/o
               Ann Cooper
               USC/Information Sciences Institute
               4676 Admiralty Way
               Marina del Rey, CA 90292

            _E_m_a_i_l: los-nettos-request@ISI.EDU

            _P_h_o_n_e: (310) 822-1511
               FAX: (310) 823-6714


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            Los Nettos is a regional network in the Los Angeles area.

            Important features of Los Nettos are that it is  (1)  an  IP
            network,  and  (2) it is ``high speed.'' All connections and
            links are at least T1 (1.5 Mbps) capacity.  A  goal  of  Los
            Nettos is to provide an environment to develop very interac-
            tive network applications.

            Los Nettos is operated by the member organizations,  not  by
            DARPA,  or  NASA,  NSF, or DOE, etc.  It may be used for any
            educational or research purpose.

            The  member  organizations  are  universities  and  research
            laboratories.   The  Information Sciences Institute (ISI) of
            the University of Southern  California  (USC)  acts  as  the
            agent for Los Nettos.

            Nine organizations are already participating in this network
            (ISI, USC, JPL, CalTech, UCLA, TIS, Rand, TRW, and NOSC).  A
            number of  other  research  centers  have  expressed  strong
            interest in participating.

            Los Nettos will interoperate with CERFnet and other networks
            to provide access to special resources (for example, the San
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            Diego Supercomputer Center), or to other  regional  networks
            (for example, BARRNET in the San Francisco Bay area).

            _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s

            Any IP host of any member organization may access  Los  Net-
            tos.   Los Nettos does not offer Dial-up access.  Please see
            CERFNET.

            _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _N_e_t_w_o_r_k

            Any of the members  can  exchange  traffic  with  any  other
            member  for  any  purpose.   Any  member  may use any of the
            long-haul networks Los Nettos has  connections  to,  subject
            only  to the restrictions of the owner of the long-haul net-
            work.

            _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s

            See also, CERFNET.

            _S_u_p_p_l_e_m_e_n_t_a_r_y _D_o_c_u_m_e_n_t_s _o_n _n_n_s_c._n_s_f._n_e_t

            Each Los Nettos Member is permitted to have  associates  and
            connect them to the network.  Each Los Nettos member can set
            its own policies for associates.   Currently,  only  Caltech
            and ISI have associate programs.

            _R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s

            Los Nettos Member and Associate information are available by
            anonymous FTP from "venera.isi.edu" located in the files:

               in-notes/los-nettos/lanet-story.txt
               in-notes/los-nettos/lanet-assoc.txt
















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