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<title abbrev='NREN'>Thoughts on the National Research and Education Network</title>
<author initials='V.' surname='Cerf' fullname='Vinton G. Cerf'>
<organization>Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>1895 Preston White Drive</street>
<street>Suite 100</street>
<city>Reston</city>
<region>VA</region>
<code>22091</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 703 620 8990</phone>
<email>vcerf@NRI.Reston.VA.US</email></address></author>
<date month='July' day='1' year='1990' />
<abstract>
<t>This contribution seeks to outline and call attention to some of the major factors which will influence the form and structure of a National Research and Education Network (NREN).  It is implicitly assumed that the system will emerge from the existing Internet.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='1167' />
</reference>
