Press Releases
Ohio Lights Nation's Leading Superscale Network
Ohio Lights Nation's Leading Superscale Network
(Editor’s note: The OARnet fiber-optic network before 2009 was referred to as OSCnet, and earlier, the Third Frontier Network.)
Third Frontier Network Introduction and Historical Perspective
Ohio is positioned to become a national leader in networking and computing technologies with the deployment of the country's first statewide fiber optic network for education and research.
Miami University Receives Fiber Donation
Miami University has received 6 fiber optic strands as a gift from alumnus Robert C.
Miami University has received 6 fiber optic strands as a gift from alumnus Robert C. Schuler, of Dublin, Ohio. The strands of fiber are part of the Loop connecting Oxford, Hamilton, Middletown and Evendale. The estimated value of the gift is more than $1 million. Miami leases 12 fiber optic strands of the Loop from the county, which are used for network communications among the university's Ohio campuses.
The Quilt Selects New Executive Director
The Quilt has announced that Hudnall Croasdale will serve as Executive Director beginning August 1.
The Quilt has announced that Hudnall Croasdale will serve as Executive Director beginning August 1. Croasdale succeeds Gwendolyn Huntoon, The Quilt’s executive director since October 2001, and Assistant Director for Networking at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center.
All Systems Go for Ohio's Launch of Nation's Most Advanced Statewide Education, Research Network
Ohio will soon have some high-tech bragging rights when the Third Frontier Network (TFN) is lit this summer.
Ohio will soon have some high-tech bragging rights when the Third Frontier Network (TFN) is lit this summer. After nearly two years of development, nearly 100 institutions of higher education and thousands of primary and secondary schools throughout the state will have access to the nation’s most advanced statewide education and research network.
Statewide High Speed Internet Nearly Complete in Cleveland Area
The nation's most extensive high-speed fiber optic network dedicated to higher education and research is nearly complete in Cleveland
Columbus, Ohio (July 1, 2004) – The nation’s most extensive high-speed fiber optic network dedicated to higher education and research is nearly complete in Cleveland. Equipment for the Third Frontier Network (TFN) has been installed at Cleveland State University and Case Western Reserve University campuses, and the remaining Cleveland area campuses will soon follow. The network is being built by the Ohio Supercomputer Center’s networking division.
Sinclair's IT Solutions Wins EDUCAUSE Award
Sinclair Community College's online student success planning project has been named one of two recipients of the EDUCAUSE Award for Excellence in Information Technology Solutions
Dayton, Ohio (June 30, 2004) - Sinclair Community College’s online student success planning project has been named one of two recipients of the EDUCAUSE Award for Excellence in Information Technology Solutions.
Third Frontier Network Assists Homeland Security Through Real-Time, Interactive Training
Ohio's Third Frontier Network (TFN), the nation's most advanced research network, will assist the Great Lakes Educational Consortium for Homeland Security Training in regional first-response and anti-terrorism efforts
Perrysburg, Ohio (June 7, 2004) – Ohio’s Third Frontier Network (TFN), the nation’s most advanced research network, will assist the Great Lakes Educational Consortium for Homeland Security Training in regional first-response and anti-terrorism efforts. TFN initiatives that strengthen northwest Ohio’s defense efforts were highlighted today at Owens Community College.
Wireless Neighborhood Project Brings Internet to Rural Ohioans
OARnet plays a leading role in the extension of Internet technology services to rural Ohio through the Connecting Rural Ohio Wireless Neighborhood Project.
OARnet plays a leading role in the extension of Internet technology services to rural Ohio through the Connecting Rural Ohio Wireless Neighborhood Project. OARnet, ITEC-Ohio, and OSU engineers worked in conjunction with community leaders in Southern Perry County in Southeastern Ohio to install a satellite dish, LAN and WAN antennae that provide Internet connectivity throughout New Straitsville, Ohio, from a satellite 23,000 miles out in space.
