TERENA NREN Compendium 2009
Basic Information

Updated: 29 October 2009 at 16:45
Organisation:
Users / Clients Services Traffic Technical Services Funding and Staffing Basic Information
  1. Icelandic University and Research Network Ltd. (RHnet)
  2. Rannsókna- og háskólanet Íslands hf (RHnet)
  3. RHnet
  4. RHnet
  5. Dunhagi 5
    IS-107 Reykjavik
  6. Taeknigardur, Dunhagi 5
    IS-107 Reykjavik
  7. Iceland
  8. +354 552 8801
  9. +354 525 4300 (office) +354 892 4302 (GSM)
  10. rhnet@rhnet.is
  11. http://www.rhnet.is
  12. No standard convention.
  13. 1986
  14. 2001
  15. 2001
  16. http://www.rhnet.is/english
  17. (x)Separate legal entity of its own
    ( )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. RHnet is established and owned by several universities and research organisations.
    Annually the shareholders elect a governing board. This board is the responsible governing body of the organisation and employs the managing director.
  21.  
  22. (x)Yes ( )No
  23. www.rhnet.is/english/reglur.html
  24. (x)Yes ( )No
  25. www.rhnet.is/english/reglur.html
  26. ( )Yes (x)No
  27.  
  28. (x)Yes ( )No
  29. www.rhnet.is/english/reglur.html
  30. ( )Yes (x)No
  31. ( )Yes (x)No
  32.  
  33. (x)Yes ( )No
  34. http://rhnet.is/english/traffic-map.html
  35. (x)Yes ( )No
  36. http://rhnet.is/english/traffic-map.html and http://www.rhnet.is/rhnet.html (in Icelandic)
  37. Two new sites were connected recently. One of them a University in the northern part of the country. Now all formal Universities in Iceland are connected to RHnet.
    International connectivity:
    As insinuated in last year’s compendium we would be in trouble if our international connectivity was not upgraded before the autumn 2008. Unfortunately the government did not come with any support as we were hoping that summer. But we were able in October 2008, with the help of NORDUnet, to procure an additional 155 Mb/s line (STM-1) and this time to USA, to ease the excessive load at the time.
    In the summer 2009 a new submarine optical cable between Iceland and Denmark went into operation. NORDUnet was able to procure connectivity on this new cable and in September installed their first POP in Iceland (Reykjavik) with a 10 Gb/s connectivity to Denmark. It is hoped that before the end of 2009 a further two connections to this POP will be made, a 2.5 Gb/s connection to London and a 4 Gb/s to New York.
    At present (October 2009) RHnet connects to this NORDUnet POP with 1 Gb/s. Within the next month that will be upgraded to 2 x 10 Gb/s.