TuiaNet
TuiaNet or Tuia was a national research and education network (NERN) in New Zealand. Established in 1992,[1] it provided the first Internet backbone for the country. This backbone provided a 48 kbit/s connection[2] between every New Zealand university, many Crown Research Institute and the National Library.[3] It also provided an international connection of 128 kbit/s (1992) to 512 kbit/s (1994) to the Ames Research Center.[4] By 1993, the parties involved in the network rarely engaged in further collaboration on the network, and private internet service providers soon emerged.[4]
The main international connection of the network was replaced with the Southern Cross Cable, and a new NERN emerged through the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN) in 2006.[5]
Citations
[edit]- ↑ Newman 2008, pp. 99–100.
- ↑ Keith Newman. "Internet in New Zealand Timeline". Archived from the original on 8 September 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ↑ Michael Newbery (3 June 1993). "A Short Catechism on the Internet". Retrieved 10 August 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 1 2 "New Zealand". July 1994. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ↑ Newman 2008, p. 591.
References
[edit]- Newman, Keith (2008). Connecting the Clouds: The Internet in New Zealand. The Internet Society of New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-9582634-4-3.