BRADFORD, PA – The
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has tripled its Internet capacity through
the efforts of a technology consortium of universities called the Keystone
Initiative for Network Education and Research.
The University of
Pittsburgh is a member of KINBER, which built the $99.6 million Pennsylvania
Research and Educational Network, known as PennREN, which connects 70 locations across the state with 1,600
miles of fiber-optic cable.
Funding for the
PennREN project was provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The
network is available for all Pennsylvania nonprofit agencies.
“There’s been a
significant improvement for students using the Internet,” said Greg Miller,
coordinator of residential network services at Pitt-Bradford.
Bill Kline, director
of desktop/user services, said, “It places us in a good position for any future
faculty research that professors want to conduct with faculty at other institutions
on the network,” explaining that the capacity of the network would allow for
the easy transmission of large amounts of data.
The improved network
is also an advantage for the university’s new regional campus video learning
initiative, which will transmit live feeds of unique classes between campuses.
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