Bureau of the Census, Procurement Office, Room 1541, FB#3, Washington, (Suitland, MD) DC 20233

D -- INTERNET SOL Internet-RFI-0496 POC Benita Brickey, 301-457-1831 The Bureau of the Census is requesting information on a service provider for a connection into the Internet. Vendors who are capable of providing both line fees and all associated maintenance of connection equipment are invited to submit technical information to the attention of Internet Information at the above referenced address. The functional characteristics of the service are as follows: minimum line speed is 10mbs; secondary Domain Name Service (DNS); weekly usage reports in postscript and Graphical Interchange Format (GIF); unlimited number of Internet news groups; bulletin boards and discussion forums; 7 x 24 end to end monitoring, troubleshooting, and problem resolution support. This is not a solicitation for bids nor is it indicative of an intent to conduct a procurement for Internet service. This is for information purposes only. No solicitation package is available. Information should be directed to the above address and reference Internet-RFI-0496.(0096)

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