NSFnet

• At NSF: ( http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ncri/nsfnet.html ) 
• At MERIT: ( http://www.merit.edu/nsfnet/ ) 

• "NSFNET: Bringing the World of Ideas Together" ( http://www.merit.edu/nsfnet/nsfnet.overview ) 
• "Hobbes' Internet Timeline v2.5" ( http://web.ece.arizona.edu/~medenis/hw1/HIT.htm ) 
• "Retiring the NSFNET Backbone Service: Chronicling the End of an Era", by Susan R. Harris, Ph.D., and Elise Gerich Reprinted with permission from ConneXions, Vol. 10, No. 4, April 1996. ( http://www.merit.edu/nsfnet/.retire.html ) 
• "NSFNET -- National Science Foundation Network," http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_nsfnet.htm
• "A Brief History of the NSFnet and the Internet," http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/cyber/internet.jsp

 "GENERAL PRINCIPLE: 

(1) NSFNET Backbone services are provided to support open research and education in and among US research and instructional institutions, plus research arms of for-profit firms when engaged in open scholarly communication and research. Use for other purposes is not acceptable." 

vBNS

• At NSF: ( http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ncri/nsfnet.html ) 
• At MCI: (  http://www.gov.mci.net/vBNS/vBNS.html  )

  NB: I'm having problems linking to this page. 
• Fact Sheet: NSF High Peformance Networking, Next Generation Internet And Internet 2: (  http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/media/fs325.htm  ) 

 NCRI/NSFNET Program for High Performance Connections : " The vBNS (Very High Speed Backbone Network Service) is funded by the Foundation to support scientific meritorious research which requires high performance networking. Initially it served only the NSF funded Supercomputing Centers but is being expanded to support the needs of researchers in the US academic community. It also serves as a testbed for advanced communications and networking technologies that might eventually be deployed in support of the greater Internet. " 
(  http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ncri/hp-connections.html  ) 

 "vBNS: The Internet Fast Lane for Research and Education" by John Jamison, MCI & Rick Wilder, MCI 
 "The very-high-speed Backbone Network Service (vBNS) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored high-performance network service implemented by MCI. It was first implemented as an IP/ATM network with an OC-3 (155 Mbps) infrastructure. The vBNS was activated on a test basis late in 1994 and the full network topology was on-line in early 1995. The NSF's high-performance connections program is now expanding the vBNS to reach more Research and Education (R&E) institutions, and the vBNS backbone is currently being upgraded to OC-12 (622 Mbps) speeds. 

 The vBNS supports scientific applications between NSF-supported SuperComputer Centers (SCCs), directly connected research institutions, and research institutions which are served by other networks. The vBNS also provides a test environment for early deployment and evaluation of new internetworking technologies. " 
(  http://www.vbns.net/01-02.HTM  ) 

  "GENERAL PRINCIPLE: 

 NSFNET Program Backbone services are provided to support research and education in and among US research and education institutions and for private or personal communication incidental to such activities. In addition, use may be authorized for other organizations when engaged in scholarly communications and research. 

 Use for other purposes, including extensive use for private or personal business, is not acceptable." 
( http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ncri/vbnsaup.html ) 

    Mertitorius Applications: For specific examples within SURA see accepted proposals listed at my Informal Links Page -- : SURA members' vBNS pages 

NSF High Performance Connections (HPC) 

• NSF (  http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ncri/nsfnet.html  ) 
• NSF High Performance Connections Program ( http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ncri/hp-connections.html  ) 

  NCRI/NSFNET Program for High Performance Connections : "In the spring of 1996 the NSFNET Connections program was expanded to meet the changing needs of the research community and to further the goal of pushing the frontiers of networking technology. The expanded program specifically supports the acquisition of high performance network connections required for meritorious computing applications. In addition, a new competitive category of connections utilizing or demonstrating unique or innovative technologies and or approaches for Internet access will be eligible for co-funding. It is anticipated that this will facilitate the extension of the Internet into rural or other locations not effectively reachable by more conventionally available technology. " 
( http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ncri/hp-connections.html ) 

  "GENERAL PRINCIPLE: 

 NSFNET Program Backbone services are provided to support research and education in and among US research and education institutions and for private or personal communication incidental to such activities. In addition, use may be authorized for other organizations when engaged in scholarly communications and research. 

 Use for other purposes, including extensive use for private or personal business, is not acceptable." ( http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ncri/vbnsaup.html ) 

  "...first implemented as an IP/ATM network with an OC-3 (155 Mbps) infrastructure..." 
"vBNS: The Internet Fast Lane for Research and Education" by John Jamison, MCI & Rick Wilder, MCI 

 Next Generation Internet (NGI)

• White House NCO Home Page: ( http://www.hpcc.gov/white-house/index.html ) 
• NGI Home Page: (  http://www.ngi.gov/  ) 
• NGI Advisory Board: ( http://www.hpcc.gov/ac/ ) 
• National Science and Technology Council's

National Coordination Office for Computing, Information, and Communications: ( http://www.hpcc.gov/ ) 
• NGI Concept Paper released July 23, 1997 ( http://www.ccic.gov/ngi/concept-Jul97/  )
• July 1997 Draft Implementation Plan ( http://www.ccic.gov/ngi/implementation-Jul97/contents.html )
• NGI Universal Resource Locators (URL's) ( http://www.ccic.gov/ngi/implementation-Jul97/appendix_b.html )

 

This version incorporates the comments received from the Presidential Advisory Committee on High Performance 
Computing and Communications, Information Technology, and the Next Generation Internet; Members of Congress and 
their staff; an NGI workshop sponsored by Computer Research Association, Computer Systems Policy Project, and Cross 
Industry Working Team; industry; academia; and the public. Please note that both this document and the NGI 
Implementation Plan are based upon the Presidential requested level of funding. Congressional action may result in 
changes that will be incorporated into these documents after final FY98 budget approval. 

Comments are always encouraged. Please send them to ngi@ccic.gov (formerly ngi@hpcc.gov) or fax them to 
703-306-4727. If you need additional information, please contact the National Coordination Office for Computing, 
Information, and Communications at 703-306-4722." 

  -- Next Generation Internet Concept Paper: ( http://www.ccic.gov/ngi/concept-Jul97/ ) 

    http://www.ccic.gov/ngi/concept-Jul97/funding.html 

Internet2

• About Internet2

    http://www.internet2.edu/html/about_i2.html 
• Mission and 9 Goals:

http://www.internet2.edu/html/mission_and_goals.html 
• General Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

    http://www.internet2.edu/html/general_faq.html 
• More Frequently Asked Questions

    http://www.internet2.edu/html/faq__part2.html 

  Currently,Acceptable Use Policy found in I2 members only section. (You need login id and password to connect.) 
  http://www.internet2.edu/members_only/html/internet2_aup.html 

ESNet

•  At DOE: (  http://www.es.net/ ) 

GENERAL GUIDELINE 

ESnet is a computer data communications program managed and funded by the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Research (ER) for the explicit purpose of supporting its scientific research programs. In general, usage in support of the DOE/ER mission, or as authorized by arrangement with DOE/ER, is considered acceptable. Any restriction of use, contained within this Acceptable Use Policy, is intended to protect this ER resource for its intended use and for which funding is appropriated. 

It should be noted that, although the High Performance Computing Act of 1991 includes language which allows the use of the National Research and Educational Network (NREN) for energy related applications, the Office of Energy Research ESnet program is specifically established as part of the NREN to support ER programs. ER will work with other DOE programs, as appropriate, to establish Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) to broaden access to and use of the ESnet component of the NREN by other DOE programs. This policy also applies to all usage under any such MOUs. 

  http://www.es.net/hypertext/esnet-aup.html 

Commodity Internet

• Internet Service Providers @ Yahoo: http://www.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Internet_Services/ 
•   IOPS.ORG, a group of Internet Servie Providers (ISPs) dedcated to making the commercial Internet more robust and reliable. http://www.iops.org/index.html 

• From Cheyenne Mt. Mtg: "the commodity Internet may not evolve rapidly enough to meet higher education's imminent and foreseeable high performance enterprise networking and internetworking capacity and service needs." (http://www.farnet.org/cheyenne/execsum.htm) 
• From IDD: " Since the NSFNet backbone was turned over to "commodity" Internet service providers on April 30, 1995, the overall performance of the network has been somewhat shaky. Nevertheless, for the most part, since the installation of the LDM 5 at most relays (starting December 1995), we could count on the majority of our relay sites getting 100% of the data. However, since late February, 1996, the service in some areas has degraded enough that it is beginning to show in the long term IDD statistics as losses of at least some data products at relay sites during the busy afternoon hours. " ( http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/idd/contingency.html)s 

SEPSCoR 

•  National Science Foundation (  http://www.nsf.gov  ) 
• Southeastern Universities Research Association (  http://coracle.ncsa.uiuc.edu  ) 

• Award information at NSF: (Text found with NSF awards search engine.   |  Local copy of the text ) 

• Kentucky -- University of Kentucky 
• Alabama -- Alabama Supercomputer Authority 
• Louisiana -- Louisiana State University 
• Mississippi -- Mississippi State University 
• South Carolina -- University of South Carolina 
• West Virginia -- West Virginia University 

NASA NREN

• NASA Research and Education Network (NREN) program:

 http://www.nren.nasa.gov/index.html 
• Frequently Asked Questions:

http://www.nren.nasa.gov/faq.html 
• NREN Executive Summary 

 http://www.nren.nasa.gov/proexsum.html

• Internet Timeline with NASA's involvement:

http://www.nren.nasa.gov/timeline.html 
• NREN Level One Milestones

http://www.nren.nasa.gov/milestones.html

• NREN Configuration map:

http://www.nren.nasa.gov/nren_config_map.html

  Applications page at: http://www.nren.nasa.gov/apps.html