Victorian Education Research Network - VERN
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VERN is a multi-million dollar statewide fibre optic network. The network will span more than 2,000 kilometres and link up to 200 research sites throughout Victoria.
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VERN will revolutionise the way the Victorian academic and research community communicates and collaborates with the world. VERN will be a fundamental building block of Victoria's research grid and is an essential peice of infrastructure for e-research in the State.
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VERN will cover most of metroplitan Melbourne and key areas in regional Victoria. The project will initially go to
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Other towns will be linked in later stages.
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Deployment of the network began in 2005 and is due for completion in 2008.
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The Victorian Government is providing access to its $21.5 million Regional Fast Rail fibre optic network. Victoria's nine universities are contributing $17.1 million and the Commonwealth Government $14.7 million.
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The use of Regional Fast Rail cabling for the rollout of VERN is a example of the Government's Broadband Framework commitment to utilising public infrastructure assets to support strategic broadband projects.
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