Regional Networking in New England Proposal No. 6

9318593 Bruce麻省理工学院请求NSF支持九所学校的连接，包括：由六所学校组成的缅因技术学院系统（华盛顿县技术学院、南缅因技术学院、北缅因技术学院、肯纳贝克谷技术学院、东缅因技术学院和中央缅因技术学院）、戈达德学院、普罗维登斯学院和圣安斯勒姆学院到新英格兰学术研究网络（Nearnet），这是服务于新英格兰地区的国家科学基金会中层网络。NEARnet的一个主要目标是促进协作项目和机构之间的资源共享，包括那些州外的机构。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150 - 4500万比特）的国家骨干网。每一所大学都写了一份关于其组织的描述，以及一份关于互联网接入的好处的声明，其中包括：更大的功能和网络速度，能够访问超级计算机、图书馆、进行文件传输，以及能够实现更可靠的邮件系统。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独特机会。它们的多样性将使NEARnet能够满足更广泛的用户需求。Nearnet将利用服务于这一多样化群体所获得的信息，为新英格兰的学术和研究界造福。＊＊＊

9318593 Bruce Massachusetts Institute of Technology requests support from NSF for connection of nine schools including: the Maine Technical College System comprising six schools (Washington County Technical College, Southern Maine Technical College, Northern Maine Technical College, Kennebec Valley Technical College, Eastern Maine Technical College, and Central Maine Technical College), Goddard College, Providence College, and Saint Anslem College 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. ***