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- NEARNET: New England Academic and Research Network
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- _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
- NEARnet
- c/o BBN Systems and Technologies Corp.
- 10 Moulton St.
- Cambridge, MA 02138
- Attn: John Rugo
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- _E-_m_a_i_l: nearnet-staff@bbn.com
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- _P_h_o_n_e: (617) 873-8730 [NEARnet hotline]
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- _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
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- NEARnet is a high-speed (up to 10 Mb/s) network of academic,
- industrial, government, and non-profit organizations in New
- England. It was established by Boston University, Harvard,
- and MIT late in 1988; as of June, 1989, it included 14
- organizations. NEARnet is operated by BBN Systems and Tech-
- nologies under contract to MIT.
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- NEARnet uses the TCP/IP protocol suite and supports leased-
- line and microwave links at speeds from 9.6 Kb/s to 10 Mb/s.
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- NEARnet has the goal of creating a regional ``information
- infrastructure'' in New England to support education,
- research and development. Special services and facilities,
- such as the Connection Machine (TM), the Massachusetts
- Microelectronics Center, and library catalogs, will be
- available over NEARnet.
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- NEARnet is linked to the NSFNET backbone via connections to
- the John von Neumann Center network and NYSERnet. It also
- has a link to the Defense Research Internet.
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- At the discretion of the NEARnet member organization, any IP
- host at that organization may access NEARnet. Hosts on
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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 8, 1989 NNSC Section 5.8, Page 1
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- connected IP networks can exchange packets with NEARnet
- hosts; hosts on many networks can exchange electronic mail
- with NEARnet hosts.
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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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- Any of the members may exchange traffic with any other
- member for purposes that are consonant with the primary mis-
- sion of NEARnet, the support of education and research.
- Other usage policies are under discussion.
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- July 8, 1989 NNSC Section 5.8, Page 2
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