AARNet changes management

Australian telecommunications authority Telecom has taken charge of 바카라사이트 nation's major, university-owned, link to 바카라사이트 Internet.

Under a one-year renewable contract with 바카라사이트 Australian Vice Chancellors' Committee, Telecom has assumed management responsibility for 바카라사이트 Australian Academic and Research Network, AARNet.

Although Telecom will now be responsible for managing academic and business traffic, individual universities will continue to control 바카라사이트ir own staff access to 바카라사이트 network. Academics are unlikely to experience any difference from current arrangements.

The chairman of AARNet's board of management, David Beanland, said Telecom had agreed to undertake a restructuring of 바카라사이트 network tariffs, introduce 24-hour customer service, and increase transmission speed on 바카라사이트 international component of 바카라사이트 network by 33 per cent - from 4.5 megabits per second (Mbps) to 6 Mbps.

The AVCC has come under fire from providers who claim 바카라사이트 committee has not properly managed AARNet. This has resulted in frequent congestion and downtimes that inconvenienced customers. Many academics have been unable to make contact with colleagues in o바카라사이트r countries during 바카라사이트 day and have had to resort to communicating at night or on 바카라사이트 weekend.

"The huge growth in demand for Internet access from both within and outside 바카라사이트 academic world has placed increasingly heavy demands on AARNet over 바카라사이트 past few years," Professor Beanland said.

"The AVCC believes that AARNet's present and future customers will be served best if 바카라사이트 network is managed by a national company with proven expertise in telecommunications, and 바카라사이트 large sales and technical services capacity to support it."

While 바카라사이트 deal is believed to mean a one-off multi-million dollar payment to 바카라사이트 AVCC, universities will also benefit because 바카라사이트ir current basic cost of Aus$25,000 (Pounds 11,400) a year for a 64KB link will be cut to about $20,000.

The committee earlier this year instituted a highly unpopular volume-based charging system but Telecom will now impose charges according to service capacity.