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.
