the creation the report "Research Challenges For The Next Generation Internet" for the Computing Research Association. Eventually this early next-generation initiative became "The Next Generation Internet Research Act of 1998". In 1997, the San Diego Business Journal included in its annual publication a listing of San Diego Internet service providers, including ATMNet. Fourteen of the ISPs on the list used ATMNet's backbone for access to the Internet either through local loops or co-location of their servers and routers at the ATMNet facility in Sorrento Valley, San Diego. ATMNet's infrastructure at the time included dual fiber optic OC3-c connections to the regional Internet meet points in northern California operating at 155 Mbit/s. These circuits were the only circuits operating at that speed in the national Internet backbone that were not funded by any government programs or through subsidies. After the sale of ATMnet to Verio, one of the ATMnet founders, with the principal of one of ATMnet's Japanese business partners (The Kuljian Corporation), founded ATMnet Japan (aka Nippon ATMnet) based in Shin-Yokohama, Japan. This company provided various Internet-related services and training for several years operating under the domain atmnet.co.jp. See also Asynchronous Transfer Mode Internet service provider Internet backbone References Internet service providers of the United States Companies based in San Diego Defunct companies based in California