Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science Connection to NSFNET Via PREPNET

费城纺织与科学学院要求 国家科学基金会支持将其校园网连接到PREPnet。 PREPnet是位于美国的中级网络， 宾夕法尼亚 PREPnet将提供业务管理和 信息服务，它将使学院连接到 NSFNET是一种高速网络（每秒1.5 - 45百万比特）， 国家骨干网。 学院需要更强大的功能和网络速度， 能够访问超级计算机，图书馆，并制作文件 传输沿着，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种联系。 这也是学校探索的独特机会 创新教育资源。

The Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science requests support from NSF for connection of its campus network to PREPnet. PREPnet is the midlevel network located in the state of Pennsylvania. PREPnet will provide operations management and information services and it will give the college connectivity to the NSFNET, a high speed (1.5 - 45 million bits per second) National Backbone network. The college needs 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 link. This is also a unique opportunity for the school to explore innovative educational resources.