60 Day Termination Notice (fwd)

[Elise Gerich <epg () merit edu>]

The following message has been sent to ANS to formally issue the 
60 day termination notice for the NSFNET Backbone Service.  Many
of you already depend on an alternate network for your primary
communication path, but this is the final step in officially
notifying ANS that the service will cease.

It has been wonderful working with you all over the course of the
NSFNET award, and we hope that we will continue our fine working 
relationship in the brave new world of post-NSFNET.

              --Elise

> epg () merit edu writes:
> From epg () merit edu Tue Feb 28 12:20:56 1995
> From: epg () merit edu
> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 95 12:20:00 EST
> Message-Id: <9502281720.AA03150 () pepper merit edu>
> To: becker () ans net, dstaudt () nsf gov, dvanbell () nsf gov, phustone () nsf gov
> Subject: 60 Day Termination Notice
> Cc: ema () merit edu, epg () merit edu, ittai () ans net
>
> Dear Jordan,
> It is with mixed feelings that Merit sends this notification
> to ANS to terminate the NSFNET Backbone Service at the 
> following locations:
>
> ENSS 128      Palo Alto       April 30, 1995  midnight PST
> ENSS 129      Champaign       April 30, 1995  midnight CST
> ENSS 130      Argonne         April 30, 1995  midnight CST
> ENSS 131      Ann Arbor       April 30, 1995  midnight EST
> ENSS 132      Pittsburgh      April 30, 1995  midnight EST
> ENSS 133      Ithaca          April 30, 1995  midnight EST
> ENSS 134      Cambridge       April 30, 1995  midnight EST
> ENSS 135      San Diego       April 30, 1995  midnight PST 
> ENSS 136      College Park    April 30, 1995  midnight EST
> ENSS 137      Princeton       April 30, 1995, midnight EST
> ENSS 139      Houston         April 30, 1995, midnight CST
> ENSS 140      Lincoln         April 30, 1995, midnight CST
> ENSS 141      Boulder         April 30, 1995, midnight MST
> ENSS 142      Salt Lake City  April 30, 1995, midnight MST
> ENSS 143      Seattle         April 30, 1995, midnight PST
> ENSS 144      Moffett Field   April 30, 1995, midnight PST
> ENSS 145      College Park    April 30, 1995, midnight EST
> ENSS 146      DC              April 30, 1995, midnight EST
> ENSS 147      MFS             April 30, 1995, midnight EST
>
> This notification also pertains to the cessation of NSFNET
> Backbone Service at the Ameritech, MFS, PacBell, and
> Sprint Network Access Points.  A termination notice was 
> issued previously for ENSS 138 (Atlanta) so that node 
> is not included in this termination notice.
>
> It is sad to note that at midnight in each respective time
> zone, the service that Merit, ANS, IBM, and MCI have 
> collaborated to provide over the last seven years will
> cease to exist.  It is also with pleasure that we
> complete this grand experiment on such a successful
> note. I think that this partnership has succeeded
> beyond any of our dreams. It has been fun!
>
>          --Elise