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From: gogan@samba.acs.unc.edu (Jim Gogan)
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Subject: Off-campus connectivity
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Date: 8 Jul 90 21:05:58 GMT
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I'd like to know what other campuses are using (and what
success they've had) to connect networks at off-campus locations
to their campus backbone.  Increasingly, as space on campus
becomes a greater premium, our university is buying or leasing
space around town to house departments and centers.  Due to
their low need for classroom access, it is the research centers
and research-oriented departments (Health Services Research
Center, medical school departments, Population Center, etc.)
that are being located in these off-campus locations.  However,
these are also the departments and centers with the greatest
needs for computing services and, in many cases, have been some
of the campus pioneers in networking.  As we move towards a
distributed processing and file system environment, we need to
include these off-campus locations as well.

What approaches are other campuses in similar situations using?
How are they working?  What have been the costs (direct,
indirect, support)?  Thanks in advance for any info.

-- Jim Gogan (ugogan@unc.bitnet --or-- gogan@samba.acs.unc.edu)
   Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
   Office of Data and Video Communications