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With the decommissioning of the NSFNet Internet backbonenetwork on April 30, 1995, the Internet now consists entirely of the various commercial ISPs and private networks (as well as inter-university networks), as connected at their peering points.
These backbone providers usually provide connection facilities in many cities for their clients, and they themselves connect with other backbone providers at Internet Exchange Points such as MAE-East in New York or FreeIX in France.
Backbonenetworks are usually commercial, educational or government owned, such as military networks.