Regions
Higher and further education needs
ntl:Telewest Business work with regional higher education
metropolitan area networks (MANs), funded by the UK Educational
Research Network Association (UKERNA).
ntl:Telewest Business worked with UKERNA and the Learning
and Skills Council to implement high speed broadband access from
the MANs to colleges of further education.
ntl:Telewest Business also works with regional Adits. These
were set up by a joint DTI and Regional Development Agency
initiative to aggregate regional networks and achieve best
value.
Regional networks
West Midlands Regional Broadband Network
The West Midlands Networking Company Ltd (WMNC) was set up in
August 2003 to develop and operate a broadband network: West
Midlands Regional Broadband Network (WMRBN), linking public sector
organisations in the west midlands region.
This is the first regional network of its kind in the UK
to link together local authorities and universities,
initially providing regional coverage and connectivity for 14 local
authorities and the eight MidMAN universities throughout the
west midlands. The Regional Network also connects 42 FE colleges
and Adult Learning Centres.
SWERN
The South West England Regional Network (SWERN) connects
the Universities of Plymouth, Exeter, Bristol, Bath,
Gloucestershire and the West of England and provides connections
for other south west HEIs and some 40+ FE Colleges. SWERN
serves approximately 450,000 users. ntl:Telewest business
provide the backbone circuits for this network.
NIRAN
With the objective of developing a new network to provide high
quality bandwidth for its member institutions to facilitate best
use of teaching, learning, and research content available via the
Joint Academic Network (JANET) and the internet, NIRAN turned to
ntl:Telewest Business.
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