About Merit


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About Merit Network

Merit Network, Inc. is a nonprofit, member-owned organization formed in 1966 to design and implement a computer network between public universities in Michigan. After 40 years of innovation, Merit continues to provide high-performance networking and services to the research and education communities in Michigan and beyond.

Merit continues to leverage its experience managing NSFNet, the precursor to the modern Internet, to catapult Michigan into the forefront of networking technologies. Merit has implemented a 10G bps backbone and is in the process of implementing it across Michigan to continue to provide a flexible, robust architecture to support the research and education needs. The 10G bps is completely self-funded. Merit received no legislative dollars to support the effort.

Merit believes in the strength of a robust educational community. By connecting organizations, building relationships and sharing services, educational institutions can achieve far more together than they can alone.

Downloadable Documents

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	Benefits of Merit Membership
	File Size: 1.12 MB
	Last Updated: 2/13/09 15:25:11
	K-20 Internet2 Initiative
	File Size: 1.28 MB
	Last Updated: 4/22/08 12:21:38
	Merit Services Overview
	File Size: 1.22 MB
	Last Updated: 2/13/09 15:35:49
	Professional Learning from Merit Network
	File Size: 461 KB
	Last Updated: 11/21/08 08:14:53
	Merit Advisory Council & MITE Forum Overview
	File Size: 1.73 MB
	Last Updated: 8/31/09 14:15:13
	MJTS and NANOG Overview
	File Size: 2.07 MB
	Last Updated: 8/31/09 14:25:17