History of PREN

OHSU, OGI and PSU collaborated to form the Portland Research and Education Network (PREN) which was Portland's connection to the national research network Internet2. The $1.2 million project connected the Portland area institutions to Seattle's Pacific Northwest Gigapop, the regional conduit for Internet2.

Contributions to Resources for Science and Technology:
PREN was the most ambitious project that OGI, OHSU and PSU, the three principle research and education institutions in the Portland metropolitan area, undertook together.The project laid the foundation for additional significant cooperative infrastructure development activities.

Contributions Beyond Science and Engineering:
The PREN project stimulated the establishment of a regional 'carrier hotel' in the Pittock Block building in downtown Portland. This facility was essential for PREN's physical network, housing routers and switches for both the Internet2 metropolitan area network and UW's P/NWGP. This greatly facilitated the rational development of IP service infrastructure serving the community at large.

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