CEENet
Central and Eastern European Networking Association
Ukraine

Networking organization:

UARNET Proj.
Institute of Condensed Matter Physics
1 Svientsitsky Street
290011 Lviv
Ukraine

Organizational structure

The UARNET is a project (not yet a legal body) which runs TCP/IP backbone in Kiev and Lviv.

Actual topology

Main node is Kiev to which there are lines leading to Lviv, Kharkov, Sebastopol, and Simferopol. There exist connectivity to Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporozje, Kherson, Nikolaev, Odessa, Iv. Frankovsk and Rivne too.

Main internationla line connects Lviv with NASK (Poland).

Protocols used

TCP/IP, X.25 and UUCP.

Number of hosts and users

50 institutions, 1 500 users.

Financial sources

No information.

Plans for future:

Upgrade of the line Lviv-NASK to 64 kbps. Lviv-Kiev line will be 2 Mbps. ISF plans radio links within Kiev.

Main obstacles

Lack of trained personnel. Many competing network organisations.

CEENet Central and Eastern European Networking Association Ukraine