Regional Networking in New England Proposal No. 3

马萨诸塞州理工学院请求 NSF为伯克利音乐学院，圣母学院的连接 罗得岛设计学院，圣米迦勒的榆树 大学，和康涅狄格州董事会 社区技术学院对新英格兰学术的研究 网络（NEARnet），这是NSF的中级网络， 新英格兰地区 NEARnet的主要目标是促进 合作项目和资源共享 国家，包括国家以外的国家。 NEARnet将提供业务管理和信息 服务，它将给大学和学院 连接到NSFNET，高速（1.5 - 45百万位每 二是全国骨干网。 每一所大学都写了一份关于其 互联网接入的好处说明 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， 传输沿着，能够实现更可靠的邮件 系统 学生和教师的研究将受益于链接。 这也是学校探索的独特机会 创新教育资源。 它们的多样性将暴露 NEARnet满足更广泛的用户需求。 Nearnet将使用 通过为这个多样化的群体提供服务所获得的信息， 受益于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.