Compendium 2002 Country Information
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BASIC INFORMATION
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Full name of the organisation (in English:)
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Austrian Academic Computer Network
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Full name of the organisation in the national language(s):
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Österreichs Datennetz für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Lehre
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Abbreviation in the national language(s):
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ACOnet
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Postal address:
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Vienna University
Universitätsstraße, 7
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City/postal code:
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A -1010 VIENNA
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Austria
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Year founded:
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1986
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Year operations started:
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1990
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Short description of the history of the NREN:
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www.ACO.net/acoges2.htm
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Fax:
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+43 1 42 77 9140
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Phone:
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+43 1 42 77 14001
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Website:
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www.aco.net/ |
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General e-mail address:
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HelpDesk@ACO.net
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Convention used for e-mail addresses:
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none (connected-site issue)
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ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION
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Form of organisation:
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Not a separate legal entity /
Research/education organisation (part of a university, research institution, etc.) /
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Brief description of the governing structure:
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Operations and Management is the responsibility of Vienna University/ZID
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Involvement in cctld or domain names:
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ACOnet has been fully responsible for the administration of the Austrian cctld until 30 June 1998, when responsibility has been handed over to a new registry organization (NIC.AT) which has been set up by the Austrian ISP Association. Since then ACOnet operates the technical infrastructure of the domain registry on behalf of NIC.AT.
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Name(s) of Chief Executive Officer(s):
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Mr. Peter Rastl
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Director
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Head of the Technical Staff:
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Mr. Walter Kunft
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E-mail:
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walter.kunft@univie.at
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Name of contact person for PR matters:
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Mr. Walter Kunft
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E-mail:
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walter.kunft@univie.at
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STAFFING
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Total number of staff directly employed by the organisation:
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6
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Number of directly employed staff in Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs):
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6
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Number of directly employed Technical Staff in FTE:
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6
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Remarks:
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ACOnet is not a separate legal entity, its activities are included in the activities of the Vienna University Computer Center (staff: 118). Thus, only some technical staff can be assigned to the NREN operation.
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FINANCES, BUDGET
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The budget year is equal to the calendar year.
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Total budget of last financial year (in euro):
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5 M
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Total budget current financial year (in euro):
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6 M
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Source
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Percentage of income
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Restricted
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Free
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Government/public bodies:
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100
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x
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Method of client charging:
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We charge a flat fee, based on bandwidth
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Expenditure category:
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Percentage:
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Equipment and software costs
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4
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Transmission (data communications)
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93
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Other
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3
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Method of obtaining national data communications capacity:
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We have a contract with one provider
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Method of obtaining international data communications capacity:
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Through the GÉANT project
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Remarks:
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Nationally, we also have peering contracts.
For international connections, we also have contracts with providers.
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USER BASE
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Total number of students in tertiary education (x 1000):
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228, year: 1999
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Percentage of University students with internet access through the NREN:
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90
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Percentage of further education students with Internet access through the NREN:
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70
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Percentage of secondary education students with internet access through the NREN:
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60
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Percentage of primary education pupils with Internet access through the NREN:
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20
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External traffic per university student in 2001 (in GB/yr):
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4
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Congestion in the national network: rank from most (1) to least (5) congested; est. percentage of clients experiencing congestion
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Campus LAN
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2
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10
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Access network
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1
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20
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NREN backbone
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5
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External connections
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5
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Manner in which institutions are connected to the network:
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Directly connected to a POP on the NREN:
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100%
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Number of institutions with a permanent connection:
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72
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Number of connected Universities:
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18
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Percentage of total number of Universities that is connected via the NREN:
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100
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Number of connected institutes of higher or further education:
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6
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Percentage of all institutes of higher or further education that is connected via the NREN:
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60
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CAPACITY AND PLANS
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Current core network capacity in Mbps:
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1000
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Volume of outbound external traffic in 2001 (in TB):
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427
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Volume of inbound external traffic in 2001 (in TB):
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486
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Volume of outbound external traffic in January 2002 (in TB):
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72
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Volume of inbound external traffic in January 2002 (in TB):
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72
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Core capacity in Mb/s x km:
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2000000
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Typicial large-site access capacity (in Mbps):
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100 Mbps
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Expected access capacity in two years time:
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4 times as much
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Map of network topology:
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www.aco.net/aconetus.htm
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Operational external connections in January 2002 (usable capacity in Mb/s:)
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Ebone, 620 Mb/s
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GEANT, 620 Mb/s
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Expected operational external connections in January 2004:
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GEANT, 5000 Mb/s
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Technology used for the core network:
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Gigabit Ethernet
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Expected core capacity in two years:
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4 times as much
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Involvement in Internet Exchange Point:
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Vienna Internet eXchange (VIX) is managed by Vienna University Computer Center
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www.vix.at
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SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENTS
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Services provided:
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- Basic IP provision:
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Done by NREN
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- User support:
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Done by NREN
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- NOC:
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Done by NREN
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- Security incident response:
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Done by NREN
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Summary of or URL to Acceptable Use Policy:
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www.aco.net/aconet-teilnahme.pdf
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Current interests:
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IPv6 Development /
IPv6 Service Deployment /
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Joint projects with/on:
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6NET
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