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Re: How many ISPs are out there?
From: Bill Woodcock <woody () zocalo net>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:25:01 -0700 (PDT)
> > I was actually thinking along IAP (Internet Access Provider) lines. But, > > most folks lump ISPs and IAPs in the same breath. > > Ouchie. I've always heard IAP as "Internet Applications Provider" -- the > exact opposite in most senses of an access provider. TLA collision ... "Internet Access Provider" is the generally-accepted expansion of the acronym. IAP, ISP, and NSP were the abbreviations used in the NII, the National Information Infrastructure document in which the original NAPs were formed and the NSFNet backbone was phased out of production use. -Bill
Current thread:
- How many ISPs are out there? Roeland Meyer (Jul 23)
- Re: How many ISPs are out there? michael (Jul 23)
- Re: How many ISPs are out there? mike harrison (Jul 24)
- Re: How many ISPs are out there? Adam Rothschild (Jul 23)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: How many ISPs are out there? Roeland Meyer (Jul 23)
- Re: How many ISPs are out there? Joe Rhett (Jul 24)
- Re: How many ISPs are out there? Bill Woodcock (Jul 24)
- Re: How many ISPs are out there? bmanning (Jul 24)
- Re: How many ISPs are out there? Philip Smith (Jul 24)
- Re: How many ISPs are out there? bmanning (Jul 24)
- Re: How many ISPs are out there? Alan Clegg (Jul 24)
- Re: How many ISPs are out there? Alan Clegg (Jul 24)
- Re: How many ISPs are out there? Geoff Huston (Jul 24)
- Re: How many ISPs are out there? Joe Rhett (Jul 24)
- Re: How many ISPs are out there? up (Jul 24)
- RE: How many ISPs are out there? Mark Radabaugh - Amplex (Jul 24)
- Re: How many ISPs are out there? michael (Jul 23)
- RE: How many ISPs are out there? up (Jul 24)