Implicit in this partnership is recognition of the K-20 educational continuum of teaching and learning experiences and of the value in accessability of state government resources. NERO support will include infrastructure, engineering, and operations.
Provision is made for other state agencies and educational institutions to participate.
The technical objectives of this partnership are enumerated and a network architecture is proposed for the State of Oregon to achieve them, based upon the NERO backbone. Designed with the goals of high reliability and high performance, the NERO architecture provides path, switch, and route diversity. A flexible business plan will allow adaptation to the rapidly changing state and national telecommunications environment. Specific costs will vary depending upon initial bandwidth requirements, geographic location, and other contingencies. Thereafter, the cost of participation will be proportional to the partner's bandwidth and quality of service requirements.