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To: Doug who wrote (5468)	7/8/1998 3:29:00 PM
From: Frank Edwards	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18016

You bet Ontario is lagging behind in the coherent implementation of technology in schools. One need not look far to find much poorer jurisdictions such as Maine which are far ahead of Ontario in using network technology to enhance the overall quality of education at minimal expense. After another round of strikes by the teachers this fall, it will lag even further behind... as the power politics of education takes precedence over the supposed day to day objectives of the practitioners. Frank Edwards

To: Doug who wrote (5468)	7/8/1998 3:38:00 PM
From: zbyslaw owczarczyk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18016

Doug, I live in Rochester, NY and work in Eastman Kodak Co.Research Labs, so I do not know about Ontario, but I know that Kodak, which networks run on Nortel products will be conected to NYSERNet via NN platform: NYSERNet Selects Newbridge Networks as Technology Ally for Next Generation Internet in New York State SuperComm, ATLANTA, Georgia, June 9, 1998 -- Newbridge Networks and NYSERNet (New York State Education and Research Network) today announced an innovative alliance to pioneer new networking technologies. Newbridge will supply the broadband asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network switching solution for NYSERNet 2000, a high-speed, next generation Internet infrastructure being developed to serve New York's research and educational institutions. NYSERNet will deploy and test Newbridge's new networking features and functions on this advanced network, which is intended to lead the nation in Quality of Service (QoS)-based Internet Protocol (IP) traffic management. This will be the Internet industry's first standards-based solution for differentiated IP services over an ATM infrastructure that is fully manageable and highly scalable, reliable, secure and cost-effective. The networking innovation making this possible is called Carrier Scale Internetworking (CSI), which was announced by Newbridge, Siemens and 3Com in October 1997. It will enable improved service provisioning and round-the-clock service control, which cannot be accomplished using the current generation of router-based networks. The alliance with NYSERNet will provide Newbridge and other corporate partners with an opportunity to test their latest innovations in a wide area network (WAN) environment. The Newbridger solution includes the MainStreetXpressT 36170 Multiservices Switch and the MainStreetXpress 46020 Network Manager. The NYSERNet 2000 network will support IP over an ATM infrastructure initially at OC12 speeds (622 Mbit/s). The NYSERNet 2000 network will be operational later this summer. "This alliance will make NYSERNet 2000 unique among implementations of Internet2," said Dr. Timothy Lance, Chairman, Board of Directors, NYSERNet. "Newbridge's commitment to making CSI available to NYSERNet and its leading-edge development of networking technologies will ensure that we have an evolving testbed and that we will remain at the forefront of network development. This is a tremendous advantage for researchers and educators in New York State since it puts them well ahead of their counterparts nationwide." "CSI is a perfect example of the forward-thinking corporate strategy Newbridge upholds," said Michael Pascoe, Executive Vice President and General Manager, America's Region, Newbridge Networks. "Newbridge has shown its support for the Internet2 mission by serving as Corporate Partner, and we're excited to extend that support through our relationship with NYSERNet. NYSERNet 2000 provides us with a first-hand opportunity to explore and develop in an operational environment networking solutions to meet the exploding demand for advanced IP services." "NYSERNet 2000 provides an exciting opportunity for collaboration on advanced Internet technologies while exploring their future products and services," said Howard Bussey, of Kodak's Network Imaging Technology Center and a Member of the NYSERNet Board of Directors. "The ability to share expertise with other research organizations was a concept Kodak found attractive from the start. The availability of reliable, secure, differentiated IP services within the framework of the NYSERNet ATM-based network makes opportunities like this feasible." Founded in 1985, NYSERNet (www.nysernet.org) is one of the Internet's original not-for-profit pioneers. The world's first Internet service provider, it has consistently been on the Internet's leading edge, having upgraded its backbone to T1 (1.5Mbit/s) and to T3 (45 Mbit/s) years before these were widely deployed Internet access services. NYSERNet's mission is to lead the deployment of advanced networking services and innovative applications. Nearly two dozen of New York State's leading research and educational institutions are participating in the NYSERNet 2000 initiative, including New York University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Eastman-Kodak Research Labs, New York Public Library and the American Museum of Natural History. Newbridge Networks (NYSE: NN; TSE: NNC) designs, manufactures, markets and services networking solutions to organizations in more than 100 countries. Newbridge leverages its relationship with 16 Affiliate companies and alliances with Siemens and 3Com Corporation to deliver seamless, end-to-end solutions. Its customers include the world's 250 largest telecommunications service providers and more than 10,000 corporations, government organizations and other institutions. Founded in 1986, the Company employs over 6,000 people on five continents. News and information are available at www.newbridge.com. Newbridge, logo are registered trademarks of Newbridge Networks Corporation. MainStreetXpress is a trademark used exclusively by Siemens AG and Newbridge Networks Corporation under license for their comprehensive solutions in broadband communications. No agency relationship, partnership, or joint ownership of a legal entity is to be inferred or implied by the use of the term "Alliance".