Massachusetts Public Higher Education Request for connectivity to NSFNET, Proposal No. 3

马萨诸塞州公立高等教育系统请求国家科学基金会支持将布里斯托尔社区学院、霍利奥克社区学院、伍斯特山社区学院、北岸社区学院、昆西格蒙德社区学院、伍斯特州立学院连接到nenenet这个服务于新英格兰地区的中级网络。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。

9416607 von der Lippe The Massachusetts public higher education system requests support from NSF for connection of Bristol Community College, Holyoke Community College, Mt. Wachusett Community college, North Shore Community College, Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester State College to NEARnet the 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.