Transcript JANET - Jisc

JANET
• Joint Academic Network
– 1st April 1984
• A merger of several different networks
• X.25 protocols
• 50 university and research institutions
• 2006
– >1000 institutions, across HE, FE, schools and the
research community
– ~16,000,000 users
– Part of the global Internet
– Super JANET 5
JANET
• Procured and managed by UKERNA
• Operated by Network Services at ULCC
• SuperJANET4 is the high speed backbone
– 10 Gbit/s IP core
– Connects to 20 regional networks
• Institutions connect to regional networks
• ULCC is connected to LMN
THE POTENTIAL OF JANET FOR ACL
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Independence from corporate IT
Multi-site connections (WIFI)
Free web-hosting (including dynamic content)
“Unlimited” free webmail boxes for ACL
Web-filtering
Location Independent Networking (remote
access to personal network profile)
• Video conferencing - free service
• VOIP – opportunity to cut costs and use video
conferencing facilities