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Selected online services http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/v1.html History CyberAtlas. Also has a free weekly newsletter. NetFactual.Com The Zooknic Internet Geography Project http://www.isoc.org/guest/zakon/Internet/History/HIT.htm http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.html http://www.caslon.com.au/metricsguide1.htm Internet and The Matrix The Matrix is also called "WorldNet." It includes all the networks in Internet, and in addition a long list of networks that can send electronic mail to each other (though they may not be based on the TCP/IP protocol). Think of it as a larger network using the Internet as a telephone exchange. The Matrix includes Internet, BITNET, DECnet, Minitel (France), Usenet, UUCP, PeaceNet, IGC, EARN, Uninett, FidoNet, CompuServe, Alternex (Brazil), ATT Mail, FredsNaetet (Sweden), AppleLink, GeoNet (hosts in Germany, England, U.S.A.), GreenNet, MCI Mail, MetaNet, Nicarao (Nicaragua), OTC PeaceNet/EcoNet, Pegasus (Australia), Portal, PsychNet, Telemail, TWICS (Japan), Web (Canada), The Well, CARINET, DASnet, Janet (England), X.400, SprintMail, and many more. These peripheral networks create a larger Matrix Internet that reaches 155 countries (January 1995), and provide many millions of people with lowest common denominator email connectivity. Matrix News estimated that 71 million users were able to exchange email with other users on the Matrix, versus 27.5 million as of October 1994 . Istel Vendor of packet data services, who used to have operator owned nodes in Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Holland, Spain, Sweden, England. Kompass Publisher of corporate directories with affiliates all over the world. Their databank has about 1.5 million companies in 70 countries (2000). Also at www.kompass.net. More details in Chapter 11. MCI Mail 0LFURVRIW 1HWZRUN MSN started in September 1995. They claimed 250,000 members by mid October, 1,000,000 members in March, 1996, and 2.3 million customers in July 1997. The service had relationships with long distance carriers to provide local access numbers in 50 countries, and it's access software was localized in 26 languages. LEXIS NEXIS A full text legal information service offering many specialized law libraries, covering all areas of law practice. MetaNet 7 of 11 23.11.2009 15:49
Selected online services http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/v1.html Minitel French videotex service marketed in several countries by France Telecom. It was originally based on a special videotex graphics display format (Teletel), had over 25,000 services, and appeared like a large French online hypermarche. In October 1998, it claimed over 35 million users. Access required software for emulating Minitel menus and function keys, or any VT100 compatible terminal. NEC PC VAN Used to be Japan's next largest online service with around 1,77 million users by the end of 1996. Newsbytes News Network Brainwave for NewsNet In 1997, NewsNet was taken over by Telebase and integrated with its Brainwave service. The Brainwave database of newsletters contains the full text of specialized industry newsletters that provide information on companies, products, markets, and technologies; trade and geopolitical regions of the world; and government funding, rulings, and regulation and other legislative activities which impact the industries and regions covered. It provides searchers with facts, figures, analysis, and current information affecting a broad range of industries and sectors. The database includes more than 650 specialized industry newsletters published, with additional titles added on a regular basis. Sources include such varied titles as Air/Water Pollution Report, Asian Economic News, BOC Week , Communications Daily, Defense Daily, Inside R&D, NTT Topics, and The Private Placement Letter. For a fee, you can read individual newsletter issues, and search back issues of individual newsletters or publications within an industry classification. NIFTY Serve had 2 million subscribers by September 1996, and is Japan's largest online service. To use it, your communications system must be able to display Japanese characters. Offers Newsbytes in Japanese. Nifty Serve is jointly operated by Fujitsu and Nissho Iwai Trading in a licensing agreement with CompuServe. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. is a nonprofit computer library service and research organization whose computer network and products link more than 21,000 libraries in 63 countries and territories (1996). It serves all types of libraries, including public, academic, special, corporate, law, and medical libraries. Questel Orbit Specialized in patent and trademark information. RelayNet Also called PcRelay Net. An international network for exchange of email and 8 of 11 23.11.2009 15:49
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