Boston College Gateway to NSF NET

该奖项使波士顿学院能够通过每秒56,000比特的中级网络NEARnet(新英格兰学术和研究网络)连接到NSFnet。对NSFnet的访问为波士顿学院的教职员工和学生提供了更多的合作机会，并使用了广泛的研究工具，如超级计算和共享数据库。波士顿学院是最后一所需要访问NSFnet的新英格兰主要大学(本科生和研究生规模在所有新英格兰私立学校中排名第四)。园区已经建立了广泛的内部网络，短期目标是在1992年前将以太网光纤扩展到学院内的所有系。

This award enables Boston College to connect to NSFNET through a 56,000 bit per second connection to the mid-level network NEARnet, the New England Academic and Research Network. Access to NSFNET provides Boston College faculty and students with increased opportunity for collaboration and use of a wide range of research tools such as supercomputing and shared databases. Boston College is the last major New England university (ranked fourth in size of undergraduates and graduate students in all of New England private schools) requiring NSFNET access. The campus has developed an extensive internal network with short term goals of extending Ethernet fiber to all departments within the College by 1992.