Regional Networking in New England Proposal N0. 4

麻省理工学院请求美国国家科学基金会支持连接佛蒙特州立学院，其中包括：卡斯尔顿州立学院、约翰逊州立学院、林登州立学院、佛蒙特技术学院和佛蒙特社区学院；纽黑文大学；新罕布什尔学院和商学院；到新英格兰学术研究网络（Nearnet），这是NSF服务于新英格兰地区的中层网络。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。

Massachusetts Institute of Technology requests support from NSF for connection of the Vermont State Colleges which includes: Castleton State College, Johnson State College, Lyndon State College, Vermont Technical College, and the Community College of Vermont; the University of New Haven; New Hampshire College and the Graduate School of Business; University of New England, and Salve Regina University 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.