Massachusetts Public Higher Education - Connectivity to NSFNET Proposal No. 2

马萨诸塞州公立高等教育系统请求NSF通过MassNet和新英格兰学术研究网络(NEARnet)连接格林菲尔德社区学院、马萨诸塞湾社区学院、马萨索特社区学院、斯普林菲尔德技术社区学院、马萨诸塞州海事学院和韦斯特菲尔德州立学院，新英格兰学术研究网络(NEARnet)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机构之间的合作项目和资源共享，包括国家以外的机构。NEARnet将提供业务管理和信息服务，它将为大学和学院提供与NSFnet的连接，NSFnet是一个高速(150-4500万比特/秒)的国家骨干网络。每所大学都写了一份关于其组织结构的说明和一份关于互联网接入好处的声明，预计这些好处包括：能够访问超级计算机、图书馆和进行文件传输的更强大的功能和网络速度，以及能够实施更可靠的邮件系统。学生和教师的研究将从这些联系中受益。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面临更广泛的用户需求。Nearnet将利用通过为这一多样化群体服务而获得的信息，为新英格兰的学术和研究社区造福。

The Massachusetts public higher education system requests support from NSF for connection of Greenfield Community College, Massachusetts Bay Community College, Massasoit Community College, Springfield Technical Community College, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, and Westfield State College through MassNet and 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.