The Kent Public Service Network (KPSN) is a Public Services Network that provides connectivity to

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and

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. It was built upon the Kent Community Network (KCN), which provided the

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(WAN) for schools and

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facilities in Kent, United Kingdom.

History

Kent Community Network

schools first used the Internet in 1985 for international email projects.

's NGfL programme of 1998 provided every primary and special school with an Internet-connected laptop computer and provided networked access to secondary schools.

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made Kent an ICT Pathfinder authority. KCN currently provided broadband to over 540 schools. Internet connectivity was provided by two 2.5 Gbit/s connections, which terminate at the Maidstone and Canterbury WAN centres; these links were provided by KentMAN, a

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service provider. The Kent Community Network provided broadband connectivity to every part of Kent, whether urban, rural or coastal. It aims to connect every secondary, primary and special school using a high-capacity connection which usually means

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to the school. The Kent Community Network provided Websense filtering to member schools.

Kent Public Service Network

KPSN began to be built from the KCN infrastructure in 2008. The Public Services Network provides connectivity to

and

References

External links

* {{Official website, kpsn.net Internet in England Regional academic computer networks in the United Kingdom Science and technology in Kent