This award enables Boston College to connect to NSFNET through a 56,000 bit per second connection to the mid-level network NEARnet, the New England Academic and Research Network. Access to NSFNET provides Boston College faculty and students with increased opportunity for collaboration and use of a wide range of research tools such as supercomputing and shared databases. Boston College is the last major New England university (ranked fourth in size of undergraduates and graduate students in all of New England private schools) requiring NSFNET access. The campus has developed an extensive internal network with short term goals of extending Ethernet fiber to all departments within the College by 1992.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS)
Application #
9014630
Program Officer
Priscilla Jane Huston
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1990-09-15
Budget End
1993-08-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1990
Total Cost
$30,250
Indirect Cost
Name
Boston College
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Chestnut Hill
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02467