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15K trading partners in US and 50K worldwide
Replace a special purpose network of leased lines with an equally good (or better) performing network at lower cost.
Today there is little standardization, deploying new applications is slow & costly.
Requirements are high availability (e.g. request to an assembly line for a part can result in production of part in an hor), a loss of 10 minutes is critical can stop a production line.
CAD applications drive the transfer delay, interactive applications drive the packet delay. There are also high security requirements (transaction could be next year’s car)
Service quality is user centric, I.e. edge-to edge
Have qualified IPSec gateways, Trading Partners are installing
ISPs can apply for registration & certification summer 1998