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           Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
         (SF = Sandford Fleming Building, 10 King's College Road)

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                                COLLOQUIUM
              SF1105, at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday 13 February 1990

                              Warren Jackson
                             Director of UTCS

                    "CA*net - the new Canadian Network"

 The talk will contain a few technological "nuggets", but will be
 of primary
 interest in exposing the process of bringing a national facility to
 the point of being funded. This presentation will describe CA*net
 concept. The RFI/RFP process the NRC used to
 select the successful bidder to design/implement and operate a national
 backbone network to link regional networks across Canada will be
 presented. The
 contributions of the participants, UTCS, IBM and INSINC, as well as the
 management structure and ownership of the network will be explained.
 The expected costs of the network will be detailed, as will the sources
 of funds, namely NRC, the participants and the regional networks. The
 specifications, characteristics, topology and nodal architecture
 will be examined. The implementation schedule and operation as well as
 the relationship of CA*net to other national and international networks
 will be described. Finally, the benefits to U of T and Canadian
 researchers will be highlighted.