another interesting quote from MCI's announcement

[David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

>  MCI said it had inaugurated the nation's first transcontinental information
>superhighway by using fiber optic technology that operates at speeds 15 times
>faster than any network currently available. It said the National Science
>Foundation Network (NSFNET), better known as the Internet, is the first user of
>its New York to Los Angeles system.
>   Under the development program, MCI's SONET (for synchronous optical network)
>technology will be available on its domestic network by the end of 1994 and on
>international routes across the Atlantic and the Pacific by 1995.