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- ANS - Advanced Network & Services, Inc.
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- _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
- Advanced Network & Services, Inc.
- 100 Clearbrook Road
- Elmsford, NY 10523
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- _E_m_a_i_l: info@ans.net
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- _P_h_o_n_e: (914) 789-5300
- FAX: (914) 789-5310
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- _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
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- Advanced Network & Services is a U.S.-based network service
- provider that offers connections to the Internet at a
- variety of bandwidth levels, including 56 Kb/s, T1, 10 Mb/s
- and T3. Currently, ANS has the only nationwide computing
- network operating at higher than T1 speeds. ANS began by
- serving only sites sponsored by the National Science Founda-
- tion, and the NSFNET remains the largest segment of the ANS
- network. However, today the company provides enterprise and
- gateway attachment services to commercial organizations,
- including other network and information service providers,
- as well as research and education institutions and govern-
- ment agencies. The fiber optic transmission facilities of
- the ANS network are provided by interexchange carriers, and
- the core nodes of the network are co-located at the carrier
- points of presence (POPs), which are staffed around the
- clock. The network's operations center is located at Ann
- Arbor, Michigan, and also provides continuous service.
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- _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s
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- The ANS network is accessible through direct attachment or
- through gateways from the National Science Foundation Net-
- work, private networks or public regional networks.
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- _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _T_h_e _N_e_t_w_o_r_k
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- All research and education institutions and government
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- The information in this section is provided in accor-
- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
- of this guide.
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- March 11, 1993 NNSC Section 5.49, Page 1
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- agencies that have signed the ANS Acceptable Use Policy as
- part of their contractual agreements with ANS are free to
- use the company's network to send and receive information
- related to research and education. Any commercial organiza-
- tion that has signed the ANS CO+RE Acceptable Use Policy and
- the appropriate agreements for sending and receiving infor-
- mation that is commercial in nature, that is, not related to
- research and education, may use the ANS network. However,
- commercial traffic may not be sent through a public regional
- network unless the network has signed an agreement with ANS
- CO+RE allowing this type of traffic to be carried across its
- gateways.
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- _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s
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- In addition to providing attachment services and the equip-
- ment for these connections, ANS offers security services
- that limit access between the Internet and private networks,
- consultation in the integration of high- speed networking
- into strategic planning, assistance in network engineering
- and design, and educational seminars in high-speed network-
- ing.
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- March 11, 1993 NNSC Section 5.49, Page 2
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