atmnetとは 意味・読み方・使い方

ATMnet was a regional Internet Service Provider (ISP) located in San Diego, California, United States, that began business in 1994, until its purchase by Verio in the late 1990s as part of a national roll-up of regional ISPs. ATMnet was originally an operating unit of Visicom Laboratories Incorporated (Visicom) called Visicom Network Services (VNS). VNS was started by two Visicom employees as an experimental entry into the rapidly expanding ISP marketplace shortly after the government allowed commercial use of the Internet infrastructure. VNS initially provided dial-up services in the San Diego, California market and later provided dedicated Internet services to businesses through T1 and factional T1 "local loop" circuits. ATMnet operated under domain names atmnet.net and atmnet.com.