ANS Communications

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ANS Communications was a major early internet service provider and network operator that became part of WorldCom’s expansion in the telecommunications and data services market.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Internet service provider
network operator
acquiredBy WorldCom NERFINISHED
acquisitionRole supported WorldCom’s expansion in telecommunications and data services
country United States of America
surface form: United States
customerType business customers
educational institutions
government customers
historicalRole contributed to growth of the commercial Internet in the 1990s
early commercializer of Internet backbone services
industry Internet services
data communications
telecommunications
networkType TCP/IP-based wide area network
notableFor being a major early Internet service provider
operating one of the first large commercial Internet backbones in the United States
operated ANSNet NERFINISHED
commercial Internet backbone network
parentCompanyAfterAcquisition WorldCom NERFINISHED
partOf WorldCom NERFINISHED
provided backbone peering with other networks
leased-line Internet connectivity
managed network services
serviceArea North America NERFINISHED
serviceType Internet access for organizations
Internet backbone connectivity
network transit services
status defunct
successor WorldCom Internet operations NERFINISHED

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WorldCom, Inc. acquired ANS Communications