Westnet _A_d_d_r_e_s_s_e_s: Administrative: Westnet c/o Patrick J. Burns Department of Mechanical Engineering Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 Technical: Westnet c/o Carol Ward 3645 Marine Street University of Colorado Boulder, C0 80309-0455 _E-_m_a_i_l: westnet@SPOT.COLORADO.EDU _P_h_o_n_e: (303) 491-1575 [Pat Burns], (303) 492-5860 [Carol Ward] _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n Westnet is a regional network with nodes in the states of Arizona, Colorado, southern Idaho, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Westnet is a Wide Area Network operating at moderate (56 kbps) and high (T-1, i.e., 1.544 Mbps) data transmission capacities, providing connectivity from end nodes to the NSFNet backbone. Westnet has connections into the backbone at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, and at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. The goal of Westnet is to provide the regional infrastructure to support research and scholarly activity. The member organizations are universities, research labora- tories, and commercial organizations. Westnet is governed _________________________ The information in this section is provided in accor- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front of this guide. June 30, 1989 NNSC Section 5.13, Page 1 by the Westnet Steering Committee, with representation from the seventeen primary university nodes in the six-state region. A variety of organizations already participating in this network include: in Colorado: Ford Aerospace, the US Depart- ment of Agriculture, and US West Communications; in Idaho: the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory; in New Mexico: the Air Force Weapons Laboratory, the Apache Peak Observa- tory, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the National Sun- spot Observatory, Rockwell International, and the Santa Fe Institute; and in Utah: the UMC Research Station. Westnet interoperates with the state networking agencies of: AriZona Telecommunications Educational Cooperative (AZTEC), Colorado SuperNet (CSN), and New Mexico Technet (NMT). State networking organizations are presently being con- sidered in Idaho and Utah. Westnet interacts with these state networks to provide access to special resources (for example, the NSF Phase II Supercomputer Centers) and to other regional networks (for example, Northwestnet in the northwestern region of the United States). _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _a_c_c_e_s_s Any IP host of any member organization may access Westnet. _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _N_e_t_w_o_r_k Any of the members can exchange traffic with any other member in the support of research, education and/or scho- larly activity. Any member may use any of the long-haul networks Westnet has connections to, subject only to the restrictions of the owner of the long-haul network. Members within the states of Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico may use the intra-state network for additional purposes particu- lar to those states. _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n See also, Colorado SuperNet and New Mexico Technet. June 30, 1989 NNSC Section 5.13, Page 2