A Project to Create A Statewide Academic/Research Network for Arkansas

该奖项使建立一个全州范围的学术/研究 阿肯色州的网络。 由19所学院组成的联盟， 大学，占该州学生的86%以上 注册，已形成管理网络（ARKnet）。 该网络将全面服务扩展到每所学校，无论 规模，通过56,000比特每秒租用线路，每所学校都是 努力实现校园服务的普及。 一个培训 该计划已建立，以确保所有潜在的用户 该网络拥有适合其目的的知识。 这 该奖项建立在1987年对阿肯色州大学的拨款基础上， Fayetteville，它提供了到MIDNET的连接， 网络覆盖美国中西部八个州。 此连接将 为ARKnet提供访问MIDNET和NSFNET的权限。

This award enables establishment of a statewide academic/research network for Arkansas. A confederation of 19 colleges and universities, representing over 86 percent of the State's student enrollment, has been formed to administer the network (ARKnet). The network extends full service to each school, regardless of size, via 56,000 bit per second leased lines, and each school is working toward ubiquity of service on its campus. A training program has been established to ensure that all potential users of the network have knowledge appropriate to their purposes. This award builds on a 1987 grant to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, which provided connection to MIDNET, a mid-level network covering eight midwestern states. This connection will provide access for ARKnet to MIDNET and the NSFNET.