FaTMAN receives funding from
SFC the Scottish Funding Council.
A 2002
SHEFC
Press Release explains their contributions.
Status of FaTMAN
The current status of FaTMAN circuits and its connections to the
Internet can be seen on the
Netsight monitoring system
The FaTMAN Consortium
FaTMAN is a consortium of the following institutions:
FaTMAN has been established as a
Consortium
with all FE and HE institutions receiving network services as members.
The members have signed a formal
Consortium Agreement
and
Network Services Agreement
with
explanatory notes
.
The University of Dundee is the
Regional Network Operator
.
Regional Networks in Scotland
There are other academic networks in Scotland:
All these networks have the same underlying goal of providing fast and
innovative links between universities and other education and research
institutes in Scotland.
SuperJANET is a development of JANET (the Joint Academic Network) that
provides connections between all UK universities and research centres.
Fast links across the Atlantic and to Europe give high speed
connections to the Internet.
See also
See also FaTMAN Historical and reference
material
