The NSFNET Reverts to a Research Network

1994
A Visualization of inbound traffic measured in billions of bytes of the NSFNET T1 backbone
Image Source: www.nsf.gov
"A visualization study of inbound traffic measured in billions of bytes on the NSFNET T1 backbone for the month of September 1991. The traffic volume range is depicted from purple (zero bytes) to white (100 billion bytes). It represents data collected by Merit Network, Inc".

In 1994 NSFNET reverted to a research network, and the main U. S. backbone traffic went through interconnected private network providers.

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