Virginia Tidewater Consortium for Higher Education Connection to Southeastern Universities Research AssociationNetwork

9311534 CRUM弗吉尼亚州潮水高等教育联盟(VTC)和公共电视台，其中TV要求硬件、软件和通信支持将VTC连接到SURAnet。与SURAnet的直接连接将使职训局成员院校的研究人员、教师、教职员工和学生更容易进入国家和国际网络，如NSFnet、ESnet、NSI，以及通过互联网获得的大量其他信息资源。对于一些职训局成员院校，特别是社区学院，这种连接是接入互联网的唯一方法。职训局和WHRO-TV建议把职训局的网络与南网连接起来，为有意与当地公共电视台合作的个别社区学院的其他高等教育财团树立榜样，建立类似的联系。一旦连接到位，将极大地促进社区大学、其四年制教育机构和研究组织(如CEBAF(连续电子束加速器设施)和橡树岭国家实验室)的合作研究工作。除了VTC LINK外，Whro-TV还运营着另外两个远程计算系统VA.PEN和Learning Link，为幼儿园到12年级的教育界提供服务。SURANet连接的一个附带好处是，在适当的情况下，K-12教师和学生将被纳入上述项目。*NSFnet

9311534 Crum The Virginia Tidewater Consortium for Higher Education (VTC) and public television station WHRO-TV request hardware, software, and communications support to connect VTC LINK to SURAnet. A direct connection to SURAnet will provide researchers, faculty, staff and students at VTC member institutions with improved access to national and international networks such as NSFNET, ESnet, NSI, and a whole host of other information resources available via the Internet. For some VTC member institutions, particularly the community colleges, this connection represents the only method of accessing the Internet. By linking VTC LINK to SURAnet, the VTC and WHRO- TV propose to set an example for other higher education consortia of individual community colleges interested in working with their local public television stations to establish similar connections. The connection, once in place, will greatly facilitate collaborative research efforts involving community colleges, four year institutions of their education and research organizations such as CEBAF (the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility) and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In addition to VTC LINK, WHRO-TV operates two other telecomputing systems, VA.PEN and Learning Link, serving the kindergarten through 12th grade educational community. A side benefit of the SURAnet connection will be the inclusion of K-12 teacher and student, when appropriate, in the above mentioned projects. *** NSFNET