1. Academic Networking in Sri Lanka
Gihan V. Dias
Ajantha S. Atukorale
Lanka Education and Research Network

2. Internet in Sri Lanka

3. Current Status of Internet
Approx. 20 ISPs
2 Major (SL Telecom and LankaCom)
Approx. 120 Mb/s aggregate bandwidth
to Japan, U.S., Singapore, etc.

4. Current status cont. Wide Internet awareness
Wide use in commercial establishments
Wide use of
Internet access shops in cities
Restrictions on VoIP
Local language content still low

5. Corporate Internet Use
Most large and medium companies use Internet
Still mostly approx. 64kb/s connections
Wide use of
Wide use of web sites
Very limited e-commerce

6. Personal Internet use Fairly wide use of e-mail At work and at home
Limited use of web
High cost of dial-up access (phone charges)

7. Academic Networking

8. LEARN Lanka Academic and Research Network Established in 1990
Approx 20 member institutions
universities
some research institutes
Approx. 10 sites connected at 2Mb
Others at low speed

9. Internet Connection
Via ISPs
Approx 3Mb/s bandwidth

10. Network usage in univ. Some universities fully networked
usage heavier in science, eng. faculties
Govt. developing IT in univ
programme to provide computers and networks to universities and institutes
Many undergrads have access to Internet
Wide use by staff and grad students

11. Progress in 2002 Increase in international bandwidth
5 smaller sites connected
Reserved bandwidth for research and e-learning
Pilot e-learning projects

12. International Bandwidth

13. Plans for 2003 Connect University of Jaffna
Connect 5 smaller universities
Increase international bandwidth
Routine e-learning

14. Plans for 2004
High-speed connections (~100Mb/s) between 4 universities
High-speed Internatinal connection (45Mb/s?)
High-speed research connection

15. Thanks