TuiaNet

TuiaNet or Tuia was a national research and education network (NERN) in New Zealand. Established in 1992,[1] it provided the first Internet backbone for the country. This backbone provided a 48 kbit/s connection[2] between every New Zealand university, many Crown Research Institute and the National Library.[3] It also provided an international connection of 128 kbit/s (1992) to 512 kbit/s (1994) to the Ames Research Center.[4] By 1993, the parties involved in the network rarely engaged in further collaboration on the network, and private internet service providers soon emerged.[4]

The main international connection of the network was replaced with the Southern Cross Cable, and a new NERN emerged through the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN) in 2006.[5]

Citations

1. Newman 2008, pp. 99–100.
2. Keith Newman. "Internet in New Zealand Timeline". Archived from the original on 8 September 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
3. Michael Newbery (3 June 1993). "A Short Catechism on the Internet". Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
4. "New Zealand". July 1994. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
5. Newman 2008, p. 591.

References

• Newman, Keith (2008). Connecting the Clouds: The Internet in New Zealand. The Internet Society of New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-9582634-4-3.

See also

• Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network