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PSINet
_A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
Performance Systems International
11800 Sunrise Valley Drive - Suite 1100
Reston, VA 22091
_E_m_a_i_l: info@psi.com
_P_h_o_n_e: 1-800-82PSI82
(703) 620-6651
FAX: (703) 620-4586
_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
PSINet is a US-based commercial, national TCP/IP and OSI
internetwork available throughout the continental US, Canada
and Israel, with a wide spectrum of services for the indivi-
dual and corporate user of electronic information. PSINet
is currently a T1-based network co-located in telephone com-
pany facilities; it consists of over two hundred organiza-
tional networks. The PSINet operations center, located in
Albany, NY, operates twenty-four hours a day, seven days a
week. (A regional office is located in Santa Clara, Califor-
nia.) Local phone numbers through PSI's Individual Dialup
Service (IDS) provides free telnet/rlogin access to any
PSINet dedicated data line (SCS and CCS) customer sites in
nearly forty cities throughout the US.
TCP/IP packet access is also provided on a dialup basis
using V.32 modems in more than thirty cities. Three times a
year a PSINet users group (PSITech) meets to discuss new
services, new technologies, and operational requirements.
PSI's PSILink personal Internet access service is provided
on a dialup basis in over 170 cities throughout North Amer-
ica, Europe and the Pacific Rim. The service includes elec-
tronic mail, USENET News, and anonymous file transfer capa-
bility. Free PSILink software for the PC, developed by PSI,
is also provided.
_________________________
The information in this section is provided in accor-
dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
of this guide.
September 4, 1992 NNSC Section 5.36, Page 1
PSINet provides internetworking services to the NYSERNet
user community, and also has connections to the NSFNET in
Ithaca, NY.
_N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s
Any IP host on the Internet may access PSINet sites.
_W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _N_e_t_w_o_r_k
There are no restrictions on use of PSINet for any purpose
(including commercial) by its customers. As a co-founder of
the Commercial Internet Exchange (CIX) with the other
unrestricted-usage commercial providers, this important
capability is being widely extended throughout the US.
_M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s
Network software research and development is done within PSI
and is exported at no cost or nominal cost to academic,
government, and nonprofit organizations. Exported technol-
ogy includes SNMP, Z39.50, and X.500. PSI provides an
entry-level UUCP email service and a White Pages service
available over the Internet (see section 4.3 of the Internet
Resource Guide). ClariNet News, a live electronic newspaper
from ClariNet Communications Corp., is also available to PSI
customers through the PSINet system.
September 4, 1992 NNSC Section 5.36, Page 2