[Gutenberg 39] • Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet

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Operating the Internet

Each network, be it the ARPAnet, NSFnet or a regional network,

has its own operations center. The ARPAnet is run by

BBN, Inc. under contract from DARPA. Their facility is

called the Network Operations Center or NOC. Cornell

University temporarily operates NSFnet (called the Network

Information Service Center, NISC). It goes on to the