BCNET

Homepage:

http://www.bc.net/

Introduction:

BCNET is a not-for-profit organization providing high-speed optical network capabilities, often called advanced networks, to British Columbia 's higher education and research institutions. Advanced networks are independent from the commercial Internet and support experimental and collaborative efforts in education and research being conducted across the province and around the world.

BCNET operates the province's first and only high-speed research and education network: the Optical Regional Advanced Network (ORAN). The ORAN 's dedicated bandwidth enables technological advancement and increases productivity and innovation for education and research activities.

The network is a critical piece of the infrastructure that keeps British Columbia at the forefront of the international stage by linking provincial members to the national and global advanced Internet-supporting world-class projects in the areas of education, health, physics, the arts and science.