The Fife and Tayside Metropolitan Area Network is one of the regional networks that comprise

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. FaTMAN connects three universities (

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and University of Abertay Dundee) and two colleges ( Dundee and Angus College and Fife College) to each other and to the

Janet Janet may refer to: Names * Janet (given name) Surname * Charles Janet (1849–1932), French engineer, inventor and biologist, known for the Left Step periodic table * Jules Janet (1861–1945), French psychologist and psychotherapist * Maur ...

backbone in the east of

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. There is also an UoD Fife campus node. The University of Dundee is the Regional Network Operator. The FaTMAN POPs were replaced by Janet managed POPs in mid 2010.

External links

* Fife and Tayside Metropolitan Area Networ

* History of FaTMA

Regional academic computer networks in the United Kingdom Education in Fife Education in Dundee Education in Perth and Kinross Education in Angus, Scotland Higher education in Scotland Internet in Scotland {{Scotland-org-stub