FUNET is the

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providing

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connections for Finnish universities and polytechnics as well as other research facilities. It is governed by the state-owned CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd. The FUNET project started in December 1983 and soon gained international connectivity via EARN with

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as the dominant protocol. FUNET was connected to the greater Internet through

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in 1988. The FUNET

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service went online in 1990, hosting the first versions of

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in 1991. The main backbone connections have gradually been upgraded to

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since 2008. First 100 Gbit/s connections were put in production in 2015.History of Funet in brief
/ref> FUNET is connected to other research networks through

, and to other Finnish

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via three

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points.

References

External links

Funet Network Services provided by CSC - IT Center for Science

Funet FTP archive

CSC — IT Center for Science Ltd.
Communications in Finland Education in Finland Internet in Finland Internet mirror services National research and education networks {{compu-network-stub