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012.15 Finland
by Petri Ojala <ojala@funet.fi> and Harri Salminen
FUNET, the Finnish University and Research Network, is a project estabilished
in 1984 by the Ministry of Education. FUNET provides Internet-connectivity to
the academic and research community. The network is based on cisco
multiprotocol routers with redundant leased line topology from 64 kbit/s to
2 Mbit/s which will be replaced by public Frame Relay service during the spring
1992. The supported protocols are TCP/IP, NJE, DECNET and OSI CLNS. In
co-operation with Telecom Finland three single mode fiber FDDI rings
interconnecting FUNET sites have been installed. FUNET operates various
application level gateways and services including the largest public archive
server nic.funet.fi in the Internet.
The Finnish Unix Users' Group, FUUG, provides EUnet mail and news access to
commercial companies and colleges. The connections are mostly UUCP connections
using high-speed dial-up modems and ISDN. InterEUnet TCP/IP services will be
available using leased lines and dial-up connections in January 1992. FUUG has
an agreement with FUNET to utilize the FUNET IP backbone for national
connectivity.
Both FUNET and FUUG use the Nordic University and Research Network, NORDUnet,
for their main international connectivity.