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- N-1-3-011.10, "CUNET: Caribbean Academic, Scientific and Technological
- Network", by Jose Mendez*, <j_mendez@racin.clu.net>
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- CUNET is a project dedicated to the establishment of a cooperative
- network among countries in the Caribbean Region, and to encourage the
- development of their respective national networks.
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- The First Caribbean Academic and Scientific Network Seminar/Workshop,
- celebrated during the month of September 1991, was organized by the
- Organization of American (OAS), the Corporation for the Academic,
- Scientific and Research Network of Puerto Rico (CRACIN), and the
- University of Puerto Rico (UPR). The participants represented
- institutions from member states of the OAS, mostly English-speaking
- countries, and the Dominican Republic. During this seminar
- participants were trained to install and administrate nodes which
- would mainly serve for electronic mail and file transfer.
- Participating countries at this first encounter included: Antigua,
- Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Puerto Rico,
- Dominican Republic, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and
- Trinidad and Tobago. However, other countries have been invited to
- participate in this effort.
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- A visitation program was initiated to provide extra support to
- participating countries. Also, high speed modems are being provided
- to countries with a reasonable amount of traffic. Currently,
- information exchange is done via UUCP over high-speed dial-up lines.
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- At the present the following nodes are currently operational:
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- Jamaica
- - University of the West Indies
- - College of Arts and Science
- - College of the West Indies
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- Suriname
- - University of Suriname
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- Grenada
- - Grenada National College
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- Trinidad and Tobago
- - National Institute of Higher Education, Research
- Science and Technology (NIHERST)
- - Caribbean Industrial Research Institute
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- Dominican Republic
- - Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra
- - REDID (Union Latina)
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- Other participating institutions and countries are:
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- Antigua
- - University of Health Sciences
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- Barbados
- - University of the West Indies
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- Bahamas
- - Chamber of Commerce
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- Belize
- - University of Belize
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- Dominica
- - Ministry of Education
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- St. Kitts and Nevis
- - College of Advanced Education
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- St. Lucia
- - Ministry of Planning
- - Institute of Self Improvement
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- For further information contact:
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- Jose Mendez
- CUNet Technical Coordinator
- j_mendez@racin.clu.net
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- CRACIN
- PO Box 5355
- Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00919
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- *CUNet Technical Coordinator, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
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