Hi, here are some of the expansions / explanations that correspond to what could loosely be referred to as "my neck of the woods". I have touched on some not directly under my hat as well, with the danger of possible misrepresentation. Are you collecting the expansions for inclusion in some web page? Note that there is a general issue here of what to include and what to leave out (either intentionally or by accident). Tread carefully here...

FICIX

Finnish Commercial Internet eXchange.

FUNET

The finnish academic & research network organization.

GIX

Global Internet eXchange. Note: some confusion may arise here, if you see the term "the GIX", this usually means the MAE-East Internet exchange point in Washington DC, USA, which could also be referred to as a "de-facto NAP". There has been plans to physically distribute the GIX and thereby create a "D-GIX". The technical/strategic plan is to create a market for providing bandwidth at layer 2 between the individual GIX installations. However, this has not yet happened, at least not as an operational infra- structure. The internet exchange located at KTH is however usually referred to as "the Stockholm D-GIX" or "the D-GIX at KTH" or possibly simply "the D-GIX" (which could be confusing).

IntIS

Internet Iceland. This is the successor of SURIS, which used to be the academic and research network in Iceland.

KTH

The Royal institute of technology in Stockholm (really "Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan").

MFS

As I do not think there are any on the RIPE list from this company (?), I can say a bit with the danger of being inaccurate: Metropolitan Fiber Systems. They are perhaps most known in our circles for operating the physcal infrastructure of the MAE- East internet exchange, and are also involved in MAE-West. This is a PTT-style organization with its outspring in the US, however they are beginning to establish themselves with a presence in cities in europe as well (I've heard of Stockholm and Paris, I'm sure there are more).

NORDUnet

The network service provider which has as its primary goal to take care of the common needs for international Internet connectivity for the academic and research networks in the nordic countries.

Oslonett

Commercial Internet service provider in Norway, with "home base" in Oslo (as the name should indicate). Currently has a large chunk of the dial-up Internet access market in Norway.

PowerTech

Commercial Internet service provider in Norway, also in Oslo. Seems to aim at the lower end of the market.

STUPI

Peter Lothberg's private consulting company.

SWIPnet

Commercial internet service provider in Sweden. Daughter company of Tele2, one of the PTTs in Sweden.

Telia

One of the PTTs in Sweden. This PTT was at one time the only PTT in Sweden, and is (AFAIK) by far the largest in the current swedish "general" PTT market.

Uninett

The norwegian academic & research network organization.

Ommissions are simply gaps in the original minutes...

Eh? The minutes were not intended to contain a complete list of abbreviations for the european Internet networking scene. - Håvard