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- PREPnet (Pennsylvania Research and Economic Partnership Network)
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- _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
- PREPnet
- 530 North Neville St
- Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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- _E-_m_a_i_l: prepnet@andrew.cmu.edu
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- _P_h_o_n_e: (412) 268-7870
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- _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
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- PREPnet is a mid-level network serving Pennsylvania. PREPnet
- is a joint effort of the PREPnet Consortium of universities,
- Bell of PA, and the Commonwealth of PA Government. Bell is
- the network operator, and owner of the equipment. The Com-
- monwealth is the inter-LATA carrier. PREPnet has a T1 back-
- bone, and is built with Proteon p4200 routers. PREPnet
- plans to offer low-cost, low-speed services via SLIP as well
- as the T1 and 56K synchronous services mentioned above.
- Bell of PA is marketing PREPnet to higher education, busi-
- ness, government bodies, and economic development organiza-
- tions within the state. The Pittsburgh Supercomputing
- Center provides PREPnet with a gateway to the NSFnet back-
- bone. The participating universities are making various
- databases available on PREPnet, such as their library cata-
- logs and various other information. The State Data Center
- provides its database of Pennsylvania demographic and
- economic information on PREPnet. Other databases and infor-
- mation services are planned.
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- _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _a_c_c_e_s_s
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- Network architecture is a chain of stars, with hubs in
- Pittsburgh and Philadelphia connected to clients who have
- routers on-site. New hubs are planned for Bethlehem and
- Scranton in the near future. Async SLIP access will ini-
- tially be provided at Philadelphia. PREPnet is purely TCP/IP
- at present.
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- The information in this section is provided in accor-
- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
- of this guide.
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- July 12, 1989 NNSC Section 5.16, Page 1
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- _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _N_e_t_w_o_r_k
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- Organizations operating within Pennsylvania, involved in
- education, research, technology transfer, or the economic
- development of Pennsylvania, are eligible to participate.
- Non-profit institutions may become members, and others may
- affiliate. Usage consistent with the above purposes is con-
- sidered acceptable. Examples of unacceptable usage would
- include commercial order-entry or invoicing, or advertising
- commercial products.
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- PREPnet is available to serve Pennsylvania clients who have
- a valid reason to use the internet.
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- PREPnet does not presently carry transit traffic, whose
- source and destination are both outside of the state.
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- _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n
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- Executive Director: Thomas W. Bajzek, twb@andrew.cmu.edu
- NIC Manager: Marsha L. Perrott. mlp@andrew.cmu.edu
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