Compendium 2003 - BELNET - Finances, Budget
| Source | Percentage of income |
|---|---|
| Users / Client | 31.00 |
| National Government/public bodies | 68.00 |
| The EU (if known, e.g. for GÉANT) | 0.00 |
| Other sources | 3.00 |
| Method of client charging | Other, enter below |
| We charge a flat fee, based on bandwidth, for access to commodity Internet only. R&E traffic (internal to BELNET, Géant, Internet2, etc.) is free of charge. | |
| Main expenditure categories | Percentage |
| Salaries and general office costs | 13.00 |
| Equipment (switches, routers etc.) | 14.00 |
| Transmission capacity (IRUs, leased lines, etc.) | 55.00 |
| Other | 18.00 |
| Breakdown of expenditure on equipment and transmission capacity | Percentage (together 100%) |
| Equipment and transmission capacity for external connections | 57.00 |
| Equipment and transmission capacity for other connections (including the backbone) | 43.00 |
| Level | Percentage of network levels paid through the NREN budget |
| External connections | 83 |
| NREN backbone | 100 |
| Access network | n/a |
| Metropolitan or regional networks | 100 |
| Campus LAN | n/a |
| Method of obtaining data communications capacity | |
| Internally | Externally |
| We have contracts with several providers | We have contracts with several providers |
| Remarks regarding this section | The "subsidy" from the EU for Géant connectivity is not considered as an income but as lower expenses. The expenditure for equipment is low in 2003 since we have implemented a new backbone in 2002. The networking equipment (depreciation = 3 years) has been paid for completely on the 2002 budget. In contrast, transmission capacity for the new backbone network is being invoiced on a yearly basis (contract term = 3 years). Other cost includes maintenance and intervention contracts on transmission circuits and network equipment. |