You are here: silicon.com > Networks > Broadband & ISPs

In brief: NTL sets up Belfast MAN

By Felicity Ussher

Published: 20 August 1998 18:00 BST

NTL has set up one of the biggest Metropolitan Area Networks in the UK for the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education (BIFHE). The 70km network links the seven main campus sites, with 1,400 PCs.

The network uses a 100MB Fast Ethernet connection, with a Cabletron Smart Switch at each site and 512k Internet access. NTL intends to approach Trinity College, Dublin, with a similar model, a spokesman told Silicon News.

Add comment

Print story

Email story

RSS

Layer 2 QoS Using Multiple VLANs on a Cajun P130 Workgroup Ethernet Switch With an Avaya IP600 Internet Protocol Communication Server and Avaya IP Telephones With Attached PCs - Issue 1.2

SuperStack 3 Switch 4300 Versus Cisco Systems Inc. Catalyst 3548 XL: Layer 2 Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet Throughput Evaluation

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Changes the Face of Education Using Tablet PCs

High-Speed Mobile Connectivity with CardBus: The New 32-Bit PC Card Interface for Today's Notebook PCs and Fast Ethernet LANs

Load Balancing for Server NICs

In silicon.com

Commentary

silicon.com Inbox: iPhone ad, red boxes, wi-fi piggybacking, sci-fi thinking "The more machines think, the less humans bother to think"

Peter Cochrane Peter Cochrane's Blog: Why your broadband's so slow Don't be so quick to blame the ISP

Latest News

UK broadband outcasts to get 100Mbps first

Fibre era fraught with roadblocks: EC

Home broadband gives kids better GCSE results

Gov't spends £18m on comms surveillance

C&W inks £8m deal to hook up Réunion Island

Zittrain: Android holds the key to free future

Jobs

CSQA Specialist Computer Systems Validation Maidenhead Amazing*

Mentoring and education of the IS, Quality, Engineering and Business personnel at sites on all aspects of the computer systems lifecycle as defined ...

Infrastructure Project Manager with a Global Investment Bank in London

Keywords: Project Manager, Infrastructure Project Manager, Global Investment Bank, London, MarketLinks, Market Links, Exchange Connectivity, Exchange ...

Senior Sharepoint Consultant Required

Our client in the education sector requires an experienced SharePoint analyst to work within a team environment to consult, design, develop and ...

Special Report Focus

CIO50 2008
The silicon.com CIO50 2008 profiles the most influential and innovative tech chiefs in the UK across all industries and organisation size, from the biggest FTSE100 companies to high growth dot-com start ups and the public sector. The list was voted on by the UK CIO community and a panel of experts. Find out more in our latest special report.