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9311534 Crum Virginia Tidewater Consortium for Higher Education（VTC）和公共电视台WHRO-TV要求提供硬件、软件和通信支持，以便将VTC LINK连接到SURAnet。 与SURAnet直接连接后，职训局成员院校的研究人员、教职员和学生便可更方便地接达国家和国际网络，例如NSFNET、ESnet、NSI，以及透过互联网取得的一系列其他资讯资源。 对于部分职训局成员院校，特别是社区学院，这是唯一接达互联网的方法。 职训局及WHRO- TV建议把“职训局联网”连接至“SURAnet”，为有意与本地公共电视台合作建立类似联网的其他社区学院高等教育联盟树立榜样。 这种连接一旦到位，将极大地促进社区学院、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VTC LINK外，WHRO-TV还经营另外两个远程计算系统，VA.PEN和Learning Link，为幼儿园至12年级的教育社区提供服务。 SURAnet连接的一个附带好处是，在适当的情况下，将K-12教师和学生纳入上述项目。 *** 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