DANTE's Plans for High Speed Services

Abstract DANTE has been formed as a non-profit company by a group of national research networks in order to provide them with international services. In addition to the 2◊Mbps multi-protocol service which it already operates, DANTE is making plans to introduce 34 Mbps and higher speed services as soon as this is feasible. Much of the planning activity is being carried out in the contect of the Eureka EuroCAIRN Project. The scope of the activity and the issues that need to be addressed are described.