Dulles Technology Corridor
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Located in Northern Virginia near Washington Dulles International Airport, the Dulles Technology Corridor, dubbed the "Netplex" in 1993 by Fortune magazine, contains the "vital electronic pathways that carry more than half of all traffic on the Internet. The region is home to more telecom and satellite companies than any other place on earth." (Time Magazine)
The region contains the Internet Society and the mainframe that houses the masterlist of all Internet E-mail addresses. The Dulles Technology Corridor generally follows Virginia State Route 267, the Dulles Airport Access Road, between Loudoun and Fairfax counties, which are the highest and second-highest income counties in the US as of 2006, coinciding with the national technology/local internet boom of the 1990's and local technology boom/spending after 9/11.
[edit] Notable companies
The following companies have headquarters or major regional offices located in the Dulles Technology Corridor:
- AOL Time Warner
- Northrop Grumman
- Raytheon
- Lockheed Martin
- BAE Systems
- DynCorp
- Nortel Networks
- AT&T
- Boeing
- EDS
- Verizon
- Getronics
- Fairchild Dornier
- Sprint Nextel
- X/O Communications
- SAIC
- Orbital Sciences
[edit] References
[edit] Further reading
- Donnelly, S. B. & Zagorin, A.(2000, August) D.C. Dotcom
- Montgomery, D. & Bacon, J. A. (1999) How Green is Our Valley?
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