A national research and education network (NREN) is a specialised internet service provider dedicated to supporting the needs of the research and education communities within a country.
It is usually distinguished by support for a high-speed backbone network, often offering dedicated channels for individual research projects.
In recent years NRENs have developed many 'above the net' services.
Name | Type |
---|---|
Internet2 | national |
National LambdaRail | national [closed] |
vBNS | national [closed] |
Edge | state ( New Jersey) |
ESnet | national |
NEREN | regional ( New England) |
CENIC | state ( California) |
CEN | state ( Connecticut) |
NEREN | regional ( Midwest|- |
Illinois Century Network | state ( Illinois) |
KanREN | state ( Kansas) |
LEARN | state ( Texas) [2] |
Merit Network | state ( Michigan) |
NERO | state ( Oregon) |
NCREN | state ( North Carolina) |
NYSERNet | state ( New York) |
OARnet | state ( Ohio) |
OneNet | state ( Oklahoma) |
OSHEAN | state ( Rhode Island) |
PennREN | state ( Pennsylvania) |
THEnet | state ( Texas) [3] |
UEN | state ( Utah) |
WVNET | state ( West Virginia) |
WiscNet | state ( Wisconsin) |
Name | Type |
---|---|
CANARIE | national |
ACORN-NL | provincial ( Newfoundland and Labrador) |
ACORN-NS | provincial ( Nova Scotia) |
BCNET | provincial ( British Columbia) |
Cybera | provincial ( Alberta) |
GTAnet | provincial ( Ontario) |
ECN | provincial ( New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island) |
MRnet | provincial ( Manitoba) [4] |
ORION | provincial ( Ontario) |
RISQ | provincial ( Quebec) |
SRNet | provincial ( Saskatchewan) |
A national research and education network (NREN) is a specialised internet service provider dedicated to supporting the needs of the research and education communities within a country.
It is usually distinguished by support for a high-speed backbone network, often offering dedicated channels for individual research projects.
In recent years NRENs have developed many 'above the net' services.
Name | Type |
---|---|
Internet2 | national |
National LambdaRail | national [closed] |
vBNS | national [closed] |
Edge | state ( New Jersey) |
ESnet | national |
NEREN | regional ( New England) |
CENIC | state ( California) |
CEN | state ( Connecticut) |
NEREN | regional ( Midwest|- |
Illinois Century Network | state ( Illinois) |
KanREN | state ( Kansas) |
LEARN | state ( Texas) [2] |
Merit Network | state ( Michigan) |
NERO | state ( Oregon) |
NCREN | state ( North Carolina) |
NYSERNet | state ( New York) |
OARnet | state ( Ohio) |
OneNet | state ( Oklahoma) |
OSHEAN | state ( Rhode Island) |
PennREN | state ( Pennsylvania) |
THEnet | state ( Texas) [3] |
UEN | state ( Utah) |
WVNET | state ( West Virginia) |
WiscNet | state ( Wisconsin) |
Name | Type |
---|---|
CANARIE | national |
ACORN-NL | provincial ( Newfoundland and Labrador) |
ACORN-NS | provincial ( Nova Scotia) |
BCNET | provincial ( British Columbia) |
Cybera | provincial ( Alberta) |
GTAnet | provincial ( Ontario) |
ECN | provincial ( New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island) |
MRnet | provincial ( Manitoba) [4] |
ORION | provincial ( Ontario) |
RISQ | provincial ( Quebec) |
SRNet | provincial ( Saskatchewan) |