Regional Networking in New England Proposal N0. 4

麻省理工学院请求NSF支持佛蒙特州学院的连接，这些学院包括：卡斯尔顿州立学院、约翰逊州立学院、林登州立学院、佛蒙特州技术学院和佛蒙特州社区学院；纽黑文大学；新汉普郡学院和商学院研究生院；新英格兰大学和萨尔维里贾纳大学与新英格兰学术研究网络(Nearnet)建立了联系，该网络是为新英格兰地区服务的NSF中层网络。NEARNet的一个主要目标是促进机构之间的合作项目和资源共享，包括国家以外的机构。NEARnet将提供业务管理和信息服务，它将为大学和学院提供与NSFnet的连接，NSFnet是一个高速(150-4500万比特/秒)的国家骨干网络。每所大学都写了一份关于其组织结构的说明和一份关于互联网接入好处的声明，预计这些好处包括：能够访问超级计算机、图书馆和进行文件传输的更强大的功能和网络速度，以及能够实施更可靠的邮件系统。学生和教师的研究将从这些联系中受益。这也是学校探索创新教育资源的独特机会。它们的多样性将使NEARnet面临更广泛的用户需求。Nearnet将利用通过为这一多样化群体服务而获得的信息，为新英格兰的学术和研究社区造福。

Massachusetts Institute of Technology requests support from NSF for connection of the Vermont State Colleges which includes: Castleton State College, Johnson State College, Lyndon State College, Vermont Technical College, and the Community College of Vermont; the University of New Haven; New Hampshire College and the Graduate School of Business; University of New England, and Salve Regina University 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.