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NSF PA/M 98-21 - September 17, 1998
Russia and Pacific Rim Connect to Next Generation Internet
National Science Foundation director Rita Colwell will announce two
awards which will give the Next Generation Internet a global reach. The
Asia Pacific Rim and Russia will link into NSF's very high performance
Backbone Network Service (vBNS) as a result of grants to Indiana University
and the University of Tennessee. The connections will support worldwide
scientific, research and educational collaborations which require high
bandwidth communications.
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Who:
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NSF Director Rita Colwell |
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What:
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Announcement of International Connections to vBNS |
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Where:
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Highway 1
601 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
North Building, Suite 250
(use entrance from Indiana Ave, near 7th St.)
Washington, D.C. |
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When:
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11 a.m. Monday, September 21, 1998 |
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For more information contact:
Beth Gaston, (703) 306-1070/egaston@nsf.gov
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