Upgrade of HARNET Internet Service in March 2010
As reported in ITS News No. 141, the
HARNET-Internet connection had been upgraded from 840Mbps to 1.2Gbps
on 1 September 2009. The upgrade enables the JUCC institutions to
better accommodate the growing demand for Internet bandwidth to support
their teaching, learning and research activities.
Through a recent tendering exercise arranged
through the Joint Universities Computer Centre (JUCC), a new service provider, Wharf T&T
was selected to be the Internet service provider for
HARNET-Internet service starting from March 2010. Under the
new contract, the HARNET-Internet bandwidth will be
further upgraded from 1.2Gbps to 1.5Gbps.
The new service provider is now working on
the fiber lead-in service to HKU datacenter for enabling HARNET's Internet
connectivity and is expected to complete
before the Chinese New Year. After that, the HARNET backbone equipment configuration
work and testing will be carried out followed by the actual migration
to be done in late February 2010 as scheduled.
We shall
keep you informed of the project progress in the next issue.
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