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TERENA COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL RESEARCHAND EDUCATIONAL NETWORKS IN EUROPE, 2001 |
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Section one:
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BASIC INFORMATION |
| Full name of the organisation (in English:) | Austrian Academic Computer Network |
| Full name of the organisation in the national language(s): | Österreichs Datennetz für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Lehre |
| Abbreviation in the national language(s): | ACOnet |
| Abbreviation in English: | ACOnet |
| Postal address: | Vienna University Universitätsstraße, 7 |
| City/postal code: | 1010 VIENNA |
Austria |
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| Year founded: | 1986 |
| Year operations started: | 1990 |
| Short description of the history of the NREN: | http://www.ACO.net/acoges2.htm |
| Phone: | +43 1 4277 14001 |
| Fax: | +43 1 4277 9 140
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| Website: | http://www.aco.net/ |
| General e-mail address: | HelpDesk@ACO.net |
| Convention used for e-mail addresses: | none (connected-site issue) |
| National Member | |
| Since: | 1986 |
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Section two:
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ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION |
| Form of organisation: | Not a separate legal entity / Part of a University / |
| Brief description of the governing structure: | Operations and Management is the responsibility of Vienna University/ZID |
| Number of participants (members, shareholders): | 100 |
| Individuals, organisations or both: | Organisations |
| Name(s) of Chief Executive Officer(s): | Dr. Peter Rastl |
| Director | |
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Section three:
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STAFFING |
| Total number of staff: | N/A |
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Section four:
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FINANCES, BUDGET |
| Total budget of last financial year (in euro): | 6 M |
| Total budget current financial year (in euro): | 6 M |
| Proportion of budget for recurrent expenditure: | >75% |
- from the Government: |
>75% |
- from the users: |
<25% |
| Proportion of budget for investment: | <25% |
- from the Government: |
>75% |
- from users: |
<25% |
| Percentage of investment budget for transmission: | >75% |
| Percentage of investment budget for network equipment: | 11-25% |
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Section five:
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USER BASE |
| Percentage of University students with internet access through the NREN: | 75 |
| Percentage of further education students with Internet access through the NREN: | 50 |
| Percentage of secondary education students with internet access through the NREN: | 50 |
| Institutions divided over: | |
- industry, commerce, industrial research: |
<10% |
- tertiary education and research: |
11-25% |
- higher/further education: |
11-25% |
- secondary education: |
11-25% |
- libraries: |
<10% |
- government agencies and ministries: |
11-25% |
- others: |
<10% |
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Section six:
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CAPACITY AND PLANS |
| Current core network capacity in Mbps: | 155 |
| Technology used for the core network: | ATM |
| Planned technical changes: | migration from ATM to Gbit Ethernet |
| Expected core capacity in two years: | 10 times as much |
| Typicial large-site access capacity (in Mbps): | 34 Mbps |
| Expected access capacity in two years time: | 4 times as much |
| Adequateness of coverage: | We have sufficient coverage in the entire country |
| Map of network topology: | http://www.aconet.at/ACOnet2000.htm |
| Recent network traffic statistics: | http://www.ACO.net/ |
| Expected capacity to Europe in two years' time (in Mbps): | 1 Gbps |
| Expected capacity to the US and the rest of the world in two years' time (in Mbps): | 1 Gbps |
| Expected capacity to Internet2 in 2 years: | 1 Gbps |
| Method of peering with the commercial Internet: | Locally, Vienna Internet eXchange |
| Involvement in Internet Exchange Point: | Vienna Internet eXchange (VIX) is managed by Vienna University Computer Center |
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Section seven:
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SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENTS |
| Services provided: | |
- Basic IP provision: |
Done in-house |
- User support: |
Done in-house |
- NOC: |
Done in-house |
- Security incident response: |
Done in-house |
| Summary of or URL to Acceptable Use Policy: | http://ftp.univie.ac.at/netinfo/aconet/aconet-teilnahme.pdf |
| Joint projects with/on: | GÉANT |
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