TAU Quarterly Report index. In addition, two new BENs, in Southampton and Reading, have been added to the network.
Further growth is anticipated.
A revised internal procedure for dealing with new connections and upgrades was brought into service on 1st September. We anticipate a move to the use of IP-based services over the coming months. In summary sites were very happy with the reliability of the facilities. All sites reported that their facilities were being heavily used and there was a requirement for data and application sharing facilities. The report has paid particular attention to video resolution as this very closely determines both the cost of the equipment and its network bandwidth requirements.