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   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Paul  wrote:   
   > On Mon, 12/22/2025 7:59 AM, Andy Burns wrote:   
   > > Daniel70 wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> I would have thought LAN was with-in a House, WAN was with-in a   
   (commercial) Building   
   > >   
   > > Within businesses, WAN usually refers to all their buildings (either   
   worldwide, or within a country).   
   >   
   > That's intranet.   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intranet   
   >   
   > We had one at work.   
      
     As the Wikipedia page indicates, it's 'intranet' *if* it's IP-based.   
   Not all WANs are IP-based and AFAIK, the term 'WAN' predates IP-based   
   networks. (Like Usenet and e-mail predate IP.)   
      
     We had WANs which were not IP-based, ranging from interconnect between   
   close-by offices to a worldwide network. The former probably in the   
   early 90s, the latter as early as the early 70s. Later, we indeed had a   
   worldwide intranet.   
      
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