Types of Connection to JANET

See also:

• Terms for the Provision of the JANET Service
• JANET Connected Sites
• Obtaining a JANET IP Address Range
• The JANET Regional Networks
• Connecting student accommodation

For customers wanting a single connection, they will connect as a Primary Connection.

All organisations connected to JANET are subject to the JANET Acceptable Use Policy and the JANET Eligibility Policy.

A Primary Connection

This is the connection of an organisation's network to JANET that is provided by JANET(UK) to a defined Level of Service* . All government funded further and higher education institutions have a Primary Connection to JANET by virtue of a block funding arrangement made via the JISC. Many establishments of the Research Councils also have a Primary Connection. Other organisations also have connections to JANET. To be eligible for a Primary Connection, an organisation must either have as its main activity higher or further education, or must be involved in collaboration (involving the use of networking) with the education and research community in the UK or elsewhere.

• Primary Connection tariff rates.
• Contact JANET Service Desk for further information.

* This level of service is defined in a Service Level Agreement between the JISC and JANET(UK). A copy of the current Service Level Agreement may be obtained from the JANET Service Desk or via http://www.ja.net/services/publications/policy-documents/service-level-agreements.html

Shifting your JANET Connection

Should you need to move the location of your JANET Connection you must contact the JANET Service Desk in the first instance at connect@ja.net. We require at least 6 months notice of a move in order to prepare quotations of any costs that you are required to pay and order new circuits, where necessary. The majority of shifts are provided by the provisioning of a new circuit, hence the requirement for so much notice. 

Upgrading your JANET Connection

Should you wish to increase the bandwidth of your JANET primary connection, please contact the JANET Service Desk in the first instance at connect@ja.net. You should allow 2 months for the preparation of quotes and the re-issue of new contracts. Please note that the lead-time for regrades, depending upon bandwidth required, is usually an additional 4 months subject to survey and from receipt of all necessary paperwork.

A Sponsored Connection

As part of the work taking place on Business and Community Engagement the sponsored connection licence scheme is being closed down in favour of a liberalisation of the JANET regulatory framework to help our customers to better meet their business and community engagement needs.
Documentation on the outgoing sponsored connection licence scheme is still available:

• Terms and Conditions for the provision of JANET Sponsored Connections
• Terms and Conditions for the provision of JANET Sponsored Connections by a Regional Network Operator
• Guidelines for Licence Holders
• Contact JANET Service Desk for further information.

Connections to Buildings Under Construction or Refurbishment

With regard to a connection into a new building that is still under construction, or a building that is being refurbished, please note that the circuit supplier will not begin any site survey or design work until the room into which the connection will be installed is complete. In terms of a comms room, this means that the rack into which the circuit termination equipment will be installed has to be in situ with a suitable power supply. In addition, the access risers and ducting within the building must be complete and available for the circuit supplier to perform their site survey. All lead times relating to connections into new builds will begin from the date that the circuit supplier has been able to perform a site survey.