TERENA NREN Compendium 2009
Basic Information

Updated: 28 October 2009 at 14:36
Organisation:
Users / Clients Services Traffic Technical Services Funding and Staffing Basic Information
  1. Austrian Academic Computer Network
  2. Österreichisches akademisches Computernetz
  3. ACOnet
  4. ACOnet
  5. Vienna University Computer Center (UniVie/ZID), Universitaetsstr.7
    A -1010 Wien / Vienna
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  7. Austria
  8. +43 1 4277 9140
  9. +43 1 4277 14030
  10. helpdesk@aco.net
  11. http://www.aco.net/
  12. none (connected-site issue)
  13. 1990
  14.  
  15. 1986
  16. http://www.aco.net/geschichte.html?&L=1
  17. ( )Separate legal entity of its own
    (x)Not a legal entity of its own, but part of a larger organisation
    ( )Not a separate legal entity and also not part of a larger organisation
  18. ( )We are a government agency or part of a ministry
    ( )The Government appoints at least half of the members of our Governing body
    (x)There is an indirect relationship (for example if at least half the members of your Governing body are appointed by research and education institutions that in itself are (largely) government-funded)
    ( )No formal relationship
    ( )Other, please explain below
  20. The legal entity for ACOnet is the University of Vienna (UniVie); ACOnet is represented and operated by the UniVie Computer Center (ZID). All ACOnet participants are recommended to send delegates to the ACOnet technical advisory committee (ACOnet-TBPG); all ACOnet participants are invited to join the ACONET association whose board is acting as a steering committee for the NREN.
  21. http://www.aco.net/organisation.html?&L=1
  22. (x)Yes ( )No
  23. http://www.aco.net/aconet-Teilnahme.pdf
  24. (x)Yes ( )No
  25. http://www.aco.net/aconet-aup.pdf
  26. ( )Yes (x)No
  27.  
  28. ( )Yes (x)No
  29.  
  30. ( )Yes (x)No
  31. ( )Yes (x)No
  32.  
  33. (x)Yes ( )No
  34. http://www.aco.net/ueberblick.html?&L=1
  35. (x)Yes ( )No
  36. http://www.aco.net/weathermap.html?&L=1
  37. Our CFP for a wavelength transparent fiber optic backbone, which was published in 2006, resulted in a framework contract with Telekom Austria, signed in July 2007 (http://www.aco.net/aconet07.html?&L=1). The migration to the fibre optic backbone was successfully completed in January 2009 (http://www.aco.net/technologie.html?&L=1).