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BASIC INFORMATION
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Full name of the organisation (in English:)
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Swedish University Computer Network
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Full name of the organisation in the national language(s):
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Det svenska universitetsdatanätet SUNET
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Abbreviation in the national language(s):
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SUNET
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Postal address:
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Regeringsgatan 56
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City/postal code:
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103 78 Stockholm
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Sweden
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Year founded:
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1985
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Year operations started:
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1985
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Short description of the history of the NREN:
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basun.sunet.se/html_docs/info_sunet/historia.html (only in Swedish)
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Fax:
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+46 46 222 4400
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Phone:
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+46 46 222 4083
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Website:
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www.sunet.se/ |
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General e-mail address:
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sunet@umdac.umu.se, sunet@vr.se
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Convention used for e-mail addresses:
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firstname.lastname@(department.)organization.se
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ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION
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Form of organisation:
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Not a separate legal entity /
Governmental organisation (govt. dept., agency or organisation under govt. umbrella, etc.) /
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Number of organisational members, shareholders and/or owners:
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30
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Brief description of the governing structure:
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SUNET has a Board composed mainly of representatives of the universities
The board takes advise from a technical reference group (TREF) and by a group for research and development (SPIRIT).
Between board meetings, SUNET is managed by two executive officers, one employed by the Swedish Research Council in Stockholm and one by Umeå University.
Otherwise, SUNET has no personnel of its own. Longterm agreements with different universities and other organizations are used to get the necessary work done. Most important, the Network Operating Center is run by the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm.
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Involvement in cctld or domain names:
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In the past, SUNET has to some extent been involved in the development of the Swedish ccTLD. Now, a separate organisation handles these matters and SUNET sticks to university business.
As for RIPE, people from the network operation center employed by SUNET take part in the RIPE meetings and in some cases people with connections to SUNET participate in working groups, for example the DNS Working Group.
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Name(s) of Chief Executive Officer(s):
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Mr. Hans Wallberg
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Technical Coordinator
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Mr. Olle Thylander
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Project Manager
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Head of the Technical Staff:
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Mr. Peter Graham Director
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E-mail:
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graham@admin.kth.se
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Name of contact person for PR matters:
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Mr. Lennart Forsberg
Information Officer
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E-mail:
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Lennart.Forsberg@umdac.umu.se
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STAFFING
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Total number of staff directly employed by the organisation:
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2
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Number of directly employed staff in Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs):
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1.5
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Number of directly employed Technical Staff in FTE:
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0.5
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Average number of people (in FTE) working for the organisation as subcontractors or on outsourced basis:
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10
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Number of subcontracted/outsourced technical staff in FTE:
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10
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Number of administrative and financial staff in FTE:
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1
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Total amount of effort in person/months per year:
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140
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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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13 M
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Total budget current financial year (in euro):
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15 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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26
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Users:
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74
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Method of client charging:
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Other:
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Universities pay a fee based on their annual turnover. Other organizations pay a fee based on a combination of size and bandwidth
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Expenditure category:
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Percentage:
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Salaries and general office costs
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2
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Equipment and software costs
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35
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Transmission (data communications)
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45
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Other
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18
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Method of obtaining national data communications capacity:
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We have contracts with several providers
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Method of obtaining international data communications capacity:
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Through contract(s) with (a) provider(s)
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USER BASE
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Total number of students in tertiary education (x 1000):
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335, year: 1999
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Percentage of University students with internet access through the NREN:
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100
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Percentage of further education students with Internet access through the NREN:
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10
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Percentage of secondary education students with internet access through the NREN:
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1
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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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1
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Metropolitan or regional network
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3
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Access network
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2
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NREN backbone
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5
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External connections
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4
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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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80%
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Connected via another way:
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20%connected via a university already connected to SUNET
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Number of institutions with a permanent connection:
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80
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Number of connected Universities:
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20
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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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20
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Percentage of all institutes of higher or further education that is connected via the NREN:
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100
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Remarks:
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There is no strict definition of what constitutes a University. Some of our universities are sometimes called 'university colleges' - the difference being that they have less levels in the academic program or are more specialized than the more established universities. After checking with our national agency for higher education we conclude that 20 of the 40 should qualify as universities.
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CAPACITY AND PLANS
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Current core network capacity in Mbps:
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10000
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Typicial large-site access capacity (in Mbps):
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100 Mb/s (will soon be 1 Gb/s)
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Expected access capacity in two years time:
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Twice as much.
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Map of network topology:
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basun.sunet.se/karta/
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Recent network traffic statistics:
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During the last few years, the traffic has typically doubled every 12 months.
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Operational external connections in January 2002 (usable capacity in Mb/s:)
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GÉANT (via NORDUnet - shared by the Nordic countries), 2 x 2.4 Gb/s
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The US (via NORDUnet - shared by the Nordic countries), 2.4 Gb/s
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To the Nordic Countries, 2 x 2.4 Gb/s
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To Abilene (via NORDUnet - shared by the Nordic countries), 622 Mb/s
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Expected operational external connections in January 2004:
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The US via NORDUnet, 10 Gb/s
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GEANT or its successor, 10 Gb/s
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Expected core capacity in two years:
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It will be 10 Gbit/s in two years time.
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Involvement in Internet Exchange Point:
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SUNET built the first Internet Exchange Point in Sweden. At present, there are 4 Internet Exchange Points, all run by a separate company (NETNOD).
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Remarks:
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SUNET is part of NORDUnet.
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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 others
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- NOC:
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Done by NREN
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- Directory services:
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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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- PKI/CA:
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Done by NREN
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Summary of or URL to Acceptable Use Policy:
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basun.sunet.se/html_docs/extregler.html#aup
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Joint projects with/on:
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SUNET has a close cooperation with academic networks in the other nordic countries . We share international connections using NORDUnet, and we have a common research and development program, NORDUNET 2.
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