Regional Networking in New England Proposal No. 3

麻省理工学院请求 NSF 支持将伯克利音乐学院、榆树圣母学院、罗德岛设计学院、圣迈克尔学院和康涅狄格州社区技术学院董事会连接到新英格兰学术研究网络 (NEARnet)，该网络是服务于新英格兰地区的 NSF 中级网络。 NEARnet 的主要目标是促进机构（包括州外机构）之间的合作项目和资源共享。 NEARnet 将提供运营管理和信息服务，并将为大学和学院提供与 NSFNET 的连接，NSFNET 是一个高速（每秒 1.5 - 4500 万位）国家骨干网络。 每所大学都编写了对其组织的描述以及其期望的互联网访问好处的声明，其中包括：更强大的功能和网络速度，能够访问超级计算机、图书馆并进行文件传输，以及能够实施更可靠的邮件系统。 学生和教师的研究将受益于这些链接。 这也是学校探索创新教育资源的难得机会。 它们的多样性将使 NEARnet 满足更广泛的用户需求。 Nearnet 将使用通过为这个多元化群体提供服务而获得的信息来造福新英格兰的学术和研究界。

Massachusetts Institute of Technology requests support from NSF for connection of Berklee College of Music, College of Our Lady of the Elms, Rhode Island School of Design, Saint Michael's College, and the State of Connecticut Board of Trustees of Community Technical Colleges to the New England Academic Research Network (NEARnet) which is the NSF mid-level network that serves the New England area. A primary goal of NEARnet is to facilitate collaborative projects and sharing of resources between institution, including those outside the state. NEARnet will provide operations management and information services and it will give the universities and colleges a connection to the NSFNET, a high speed (1.5 - 45 million bits per second) National Backbone network. The each of the universities has written a description of its organization and a statement of the benefits of Internet access that it expects including: greater functionality and network speed to be able to access supercomputers, libraries, and make file transfers along with being able to implement a more reliable mail system. Students and faculty research will benefit from the links. This is also a unique opportunity for the schools to explore innovative educational resources. Their diversity will expose NEARnet to a broader range of user requirements. Nearnet will use the information obtained by serving this diverse group for the benefit of New England's academic and research community.