JANET News

Following a recent market investigation, Janet has announced that seven suppliers have been short-listed to proceed to the next stage of procurement – this is to provide the fibre infrastructure for the next generation of the Janet network. The suppliers selected from the market investigation are: British Telecommunications C&W Worldwide Geo Networks Level 3 Communications [...]

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Data traffic across Janet hit a new peak this month when numbers reached over 100Gbit/s – this is the equivalent of uploading 10000 YouTube videos! Seasonal fluctuations mean that high traffic volume is expected during this time of year, but this is the first instance in Janet’s history that numbers have hit 100Gbit/s. Our research [...]

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Janet is trialling eduroam on public transport. The pilot, in conjunction with Greyhound Coaches offers eduroam on three routes in the UK. The eduroam enabled Greyhound coach routes are: London – Glasgow London – Bournemouth via Southampton and Portsmouth Cardiff – Swansea This pilot aims to address the needs of students and staff for mobile broadband [...]

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