3.1116 e-discourse; European Internet (61)

Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca)
Wed, 28 Feb 90 20:11:35 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 1116. Wednesday, 28 Feb 1990.


(1) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 90 22:58:55 EST (9 lines)
From: edwards@cogsci.berkeley.edu (Jane Edwards)
Subject: Re: 3.1107 silent reading; electronic discourse (184)

(2) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 90 14:32:22 EST (32 lines)
From: "Michael E. Walsh" <WALSH@IRLEARN>
Subject: Re: 3.1059 Internetting outside N. America (90)

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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 90 22:58:55 EST
From: edwards@cogsci.berkeley.edu (Jane Edwards)
Subject: Re: 3.1107 silent reading; electronic discourse (184)

I have heard of two projects relating to email discourse.
One with Alessandro Duranti, Anthropology, UCLA, raduran@uclasscf.bitnet
Another with Ron Scollon, at the University of Fairbanks, Alaska.
I don't know any further details.
-Jane Edwards (edwards@cogsci.berkeley.edu)
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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 90 14:32:22 EST
From: "Michael E. Walsh" <WALSH@IRLEARN>
Subject: Re: 3.1059 Internetting outside N. America (90)

On Internet access in Europe:

The TCP/IP protocols are widely used throughout Europe for Campus-wide
networking but the question of wider access from the Campus is both a
technical and a political question. Some countries and regions, such as
the Nordic countries (Nordunet) support TCP/IP based interconnectivity,
as well as other protocols. An initiative call RIPE (Reseaux IP
Europeens) was started late in '89 to begin effective coordination
between the various internet 'islands' in Europe, and to ensure
coordinated links with the US.

This is necessary both to provide better connections for network users
and for technical reasons, to avoid the chaos which would follow if
connections were made arbitrarily. This activity has lead very quickly
to the establishment of a European Internet, based on resource sharing
agreements between organisations, with formal connections to the US.

Whether one has access to it from your local institution network will
depend on local and national circumstances.

European international networking is seeing much development at the
moment. If anyone has specific questions I'll try to answer them
directly rather than tire Humanists with local technical and political
detail.

regards,

Michael Walsh.