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    BENEFITS

    Why Institutions Choose nysernet

    nysernet's connectivity services are tailored for the research and education community. Whether your institution is transferring massive research datasets, enabling campus-wide teaching and learning, or ensuring business continuity, our network solutions are designed to deliver unmatched performance, reliability, and value.

    • Global Reach – Seamless access to state, national, and international research networks.

    • Scalable Speeds – From 1Gb to 100Gb+, tailored to your institution’s needs.

    • Reliable Performance – Redundant infrastructure designed to minimize downtime.

    • Cloud & Collaboration Ready – Direct access to cloud providers and advanced collaboration tools.

    • Cost-Effective – Affordable options through shared buying power and member-focused pricing.

    • Future-Proof Infrastructure – Flexible solutions that grow with your institution.

    • Secure & Supported – Trusted facilities, redundant systems, and guidance from nysernet experts.

     

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    WHO WE SERVE

    Connectivity Designed for Institutions Like Yours

    nysernet  serves a diverse community of institutions across New York State and beyond. From universities and hospitals to RICs and BOCES — as well as museums and libraries — we understand the unique challenges each sector faces, and we deliver connectivity solutions designed to meet them.

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    Higher Education & Research Institutions

    Universities and research centers require powerful, reliable connectivity to drive teaching, learning, and discovery. nysernet provides scalable bandwidth up to 100Gb and advanced solutions like the R&E Network and Dark Fiber. Together, these services enable seamless research partnerships, innovative teaching, and student success.

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    Healthcare & Medical Research

    Medical centers and research hospitals must share sensitive data securely while meeting strict compliance requirements. With redundant, reliable connections and strong security frameworks, nysernet supports both groundbreaking medical research and patient care.

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    Museums & Libraries

    As digital collections grow and expand online, museums and libraries require greater bandwidth and reliable connections. nysernet delivers cost-effective solutions that support digital exhibits, research access, and community learning initiatives.

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    BOCES, RICs & K–12

    Educational service providers often work with limited budgets yet need reliable, equitable access to technology for classrooms and districts. nysernet offers affordable options like IAS and Commercial Internet Service to ensure students and educators have the connectivity they need.

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    Your Network. Your Future.

    Partner with nysernet to unlock high-performance networking solutions designed for the R&E community.

    For more than four decades, nysernet has empowered members to solve challenges and spark discovery. Be part of what’s next.

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    ABOUT NYSERNET

    More Than a Network 

    We're Your Trusted Partner in Innovation

    For four decades, nysernet has partnered with institutions across New York State and beyond to solve common challenges, build secure foundations, and spark new connections. As a nonprofit dedicated to serving those who serve others, we provide the trusted infrastructure and expertise that power research, education, and community impact.

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    “This was truly the easiest IT project I’ve been involved with.”​
    The migration to the nysernet IAS Service along with their     assistance in migrating to a new Internet Service Provider (Cogent) was easy and without any downtime.  We worked with their Project Management and Engineering staff to facilitate a plan.  This was truly the easiest IT project I’ve been involved with. We have seen 60-70% of our Internet traffic offloaded to the CDN’s that nysernet has Peering agreements with. nysernet's Engineers were involved through the entire process and assisted us in designing a service that provided our campus users with more redundancy resilience and faster services.     

    Dan Kinsman
    St. John Fisher College​

    “Our data transfer speeds to the cloud increased!”​ 

    We transfer data on a regular basis from on-premises to AWS S3 buckets via Globus. I did some benchmarking before and after switching to nysernet. After the switch our average data transfer speeds increased by 15-20 percent from on-premises NFS server to AWS cloud us-east-1 region. 

    Swapnil Bhatkar
    New York Structural Biology Center

    “Gained Internet2 access for our growing research endeavors”​ 

    The nysernet Integrated Access Service was a perfect solution for our campus. We were able to add Internet2 access for our growing research endeavors while the peering services also alleviated congestion on our commodity internet connections. The peering services provide the campus with ample low latency connections to the most popular academic gaming social and streaming internet services. ​ 

    Angelo Santabarbara
    Siena College

    "It's like magic: it just works!" ​ 

    Dan Simmons
    SUNY Potsdam

    “Allows us to provide better and higher quality service to our campus Community”​

    Our Internet 2 pipe has relieved bandwidth constraints on our regular ISP connection allowing us to provide better and higher quality service to our campus community. nysernet service and management of our connection are top-notch. We receive very timely notification of any planned maintenance and regular reports of the status of any unplanned interruption of service (which rarely happens).  

    Romeyn Prescott
    (former) SUNY Potsdam​

    “nysernet is a valued partner and I cannot speak highly enough about their service, support, and staff.”​ 

    The nysernet connection has given our campus the ability to add commodity internet connectivity at a significant savings, leverage their CDN service for strategic initiatives like esports and critical infrastructure needs in Azure, and provide our faculty with additional collaborative opportunities via Internet2. nysernet is a valued partner and I cannot speak highly enough about their service, support, and staff

    Kyle Brown
    SUNY Canton​

    FAQS

    Answers to Common Questions From Our Members

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    The R&E Network is built for research and education and optimized for global collaboration and peering with research networks. Commercial Internet Service (via The Quilt) provides cost-effective, general internet access with buying-power discounts.

    Yes. Many members maintain diverse commercial routes for resiliency while using NYSERNet for research traffic, content peering, and cloud access.

    We peer with major content and cloud platforms so frequently accessed traffic takes a shorter, more direct path, improving performance and reducing load on your commercial links.

    Yes. Members can extend VLANs to cloud/on-net services, colocation/data centers, and other connected providers.

    Our backbone and peering relationships are engineered for low latency, low jitter, and high availability to support research data movement, real-time collaboration, and even campus eSports.

    Yes. We can assist with architecture, route design/BGP, VLAN extensions, and managed connectivity options so your team can focus on mission-critical work.

    Tell us your goals and we’ll map recommended services, rough timelines, and next steps and be with you through every step of the way.

    Email us at membership@nysernet.org to get started today.

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