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The South Australian Broadband Research & Education Network (SABRENet) is a fibre-optic broadband network linking the major research and education sites in metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia.
At over 110 km, SABRENet is the second largest underground network in Adelaide after Telstra's.
Sites connected to SABRENet include
* All of Adelaide's university campuses
* Most teaching hospitals
*
TAFE
Technical and further education or simply TAFE (), is the common name in English-speaking countries in Oceania for vocational education, as a subset of tertiary education. TAFE institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational cours ...
colleges
* Some public high schools
* Research precincts and science parks
* The Techport Australia maritime precinct
* Two AARNet POPs
SABRENet has been supported by the Australian Government under the
Systemic Infrastructure Initiative
The Systemic Infrastructure Initiative was announced by the Government of Australia in January 2001 as part of Backing Australia's Ability – ''An Innovation Action Plan for the Future''.
The Government announced that $246 million would be alloca ...
, and forms part of the Australian Research and Education Network.
SABRENet Ltd is a non-profit public company formed by the SABRENet Members to build, own and operate SABRENet.
The SABRENet Ltd members are
Flinders University
Flinders University is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across 11 locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of British navigator ...
Systemic Infrastructure Initiative
The Systemic Infrastructure Initiative was announced by the Government of Australia in January 2001 as part of Backing Australia's Ability – ''An Innovation Action Plan for the Future''.
The Government announced that $246 million would be alloca ...