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Special thanks to Jacques Gordon, Chair, MPC Telecommunications Working Group, Scott Goldstein, MPC Regional Development Director, and MarySue Barrett, MPC President.

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vBNS network map reprinted with the permission of MCI Telecommunications Corporation. Copyright 1998 MCI Telecommunications Corporation. All rights reserved. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number NCR 9321047. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

STARTAP network map image by Carlton Bruett, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Image provided courtesy of the Chicago-based Science, Technology, And Research Transit Access Point (STAR TAP), with major funding provided by National Science Foundation award #ANI-9712283.

MREN network map reprinted with the permission of the Metropolitan Research and Education Network. Copyright 1997, MREN.ORG. All rights reserved.

Six County Chicago Metropolitan Area map reprinted with the permission of LaSalle Advisors Capital Management, Inc. Investment Research. Copyright January 1997. All rights reserved.