SUNET is the Swedish University Computer Network. SUNET provides high-speed Internet access to academic institutions in

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. The current incarnation of the network, Sunet C, provides 100

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/s links between the cities hosting universities. It replaces the older network, OptoSunet, based mainly on 10 and 40

/s links. SUNET's upstream network is the Nordic

NORDUnet NORDUnet is an international collaboration between the National research and education networks in the Nordic countries. Members The members of NORDUnet are: * SUNET of Sweden * UNINETT of Norway * FUNET of Finland * Forskningsnettet of De ...

. SUNET is governed by a board appointed by the

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(Vetenskapsrådet). In addition to the board there is a technical reference group and a development group, as well as people working at the participating universities. SUNET did operate one of Sweden's largest FTP archives, mirroring extensive useful material of 'academic' interest, similar to the UK Mirror Service hosted by the

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. The service ftp.sunet.se is now hosted by Academic Computer Club at

Umeå university Umeå University ( sv, Umeå universitet; Ume Sami: ) is a public research university located in Umeå, in the mid-northern region of Sweden. The university was founded in 1965 and is the fifth oldest within Sweden's present borders. As of 2015 ...

. Before the service was down sized and domain was handed over to ACC, the service could handle more than 10,000

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s. SUNET, together with Sprint and

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, took part in a 40 Gbit/s transmission on a single

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between

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and

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using

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References

External links

SUNET websiteSUNET FTP archiveVetenskapsrådet
Education in Sweden Internet in Sweden Internet mirror services National research and education networks {{compu-network-stub

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