CERFnet

The California Education and Research Federation Network (CERFnet) is a mid-level network service provider based in California. It was originally proposed by Susan Estrada of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC). CERFnet was one of the NSFNET regional networks and a co-founder of the Commercial Internet eXchange (CIX).[1] The CERFnet network was founded in January 1988 by Susan Estrada, received partial funding of $2.8 million by the National Science Foundation a year later, and was fully operational by November 1989, linking together 38 California research centers. The network was operated by the SDSC and General Atomics.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Malamud, Carl (1992), Exploring the Internet: A Technical Travelogue, p. 312, ISBN 0132968983
  2. ↑ Laquey, Tracy, ed. (2014), The User's Directory of Computer Networks, Elsevier, p. 263, ISBN 1483296415
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