UNINETT


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
                      UNINETT secretariat
                      SINTEF Delab
                      N-7034 Trondheim, Norway

            _E_m_a_i_l: sekr@uninett.no
                      C=no;P=uninett;O=uninett;S=sekr

            _P_h_o_n_e: +47 7 592980


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            UNINETT is the Norwegian academic data network.  Its purpose
            is  to support research and education and collaborative work
            in and among academic and non-profit research  organizations
            in  Norway by providing access to computer networks and net-
            work resources.  UNINETT is both a network, an organization,
            and  an  infrastructure  based on a set of datacommunication
            protocols.   As  the  Norwegian  branch  of  the   Internet,
            EARN/BITNET,  the  European academic DECnet, and OSInet/IXI,
            UNINETT  offers  a  variety  of  services   connecting   the
            Norwegian  academic  society  to  the  rest  of the academic
            world.

            Electronic mail, file transfer, terminal  access,  directory
            services,  and  USENET  Network  News are among the services
            available on the UNINETT network.

            By July 1991, about eighty academic and  research  organiza-
            tions are connected to the UNINETT backbone, giving national
            and international  connection  to  some  eight  thousand  IP
            hosts,  a  few  hundred  DECnet  hosts and X.400 MTAs, and a
            handful of EARN/BITNET nodes.  The number of users is stipu-
            lated to be about fifteen thousand.

            UNINETT is a member of  NORDUnet,  which  is  a  cooperative
            effort  of  the academic networks in all of the Nordic coun-
            tries and is connected internationally through the  NORDUnet
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            network.

            The UNINETT activity is funded by The Norwegian Ministry  of
            Education,  Research and Church Affairs; the day-to-day work
            is organized by a secretariat sited at SINTEF  Delab,  Tron-
            dheim.

            _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _a_c_c_e_s_s:

            UNINETT can be reached from the Internet,  IXI,  and  Public
            X.25  EARN/NJE.   We  also  have  mail connectivity with the
            Norwegian PTTs public X.400 network.

            _W_h_o _c_a_n _u_s_e _t_h_e _n_e_t_w_o_r_k:

            UNINETT  is  a  non-commercial  network  for  academic   and
            research  traffic  only.   However, recently some commercial
            organizations have gained access to the network, under  res-
            trictions that do not allow them to use the network for com-
            mercial purposes.

            _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n:

            See also the information about NORDUnet.



























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