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TERENA compendium of national research and education networks in europe/network3.3 Expected Change in the Core Capacityin Two Years’ TimeThe following table gives the current core capacity (in Mb/s), the expectedincrease in two years’ time and the expected (computed) core capacities forearly 2008.Note that, typically, the core capacity goes up in leaps, involving the changeof one type of technology to another. Note also that it is not always easy topredict the evolution in core capacity. This is because this evolution dependson many factors, such as developments in technology, pricing and theavailability of sufficient funds for investment.The trend is clearly that in the more advanced countries, the core capacitywill evolve to 10 Gb/s or multiples of that.In table 3.3, capacities of 1 Gb/s and above have been colour-coded forincreased readability.Table 3.3 Expected Change in the Core Capacity in Two Years’ TimeCountry NREN 2006 2008EU/EFTA CountriesAustria ACOnet > 622 Mb/s ≤ 1.2 Gb/s > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/sBelgium BELNET > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/s > 10 Gb/sCyprus CyNet 2 Mbit/s or below > 34 Mb/s ≤ 155 Mb/sCzech Republic CESNET > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/s > 10 Gb/sDenmark UNI•C > 1.2 Gb/s ≤ 5 Gb/s > 1.2 Gb/s ≤ 5 Gb/sEstonia EENet > 622 Mb/s ≤ 1.2 Gb/s > 1.2 Gb/s ≤ 5 Gb/sFinland Funet > 1.2 Gb/s ≤ 5 Gb/s > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/sFrance RENATER > 1.2 Gb/s ≤ 5 Gb/s > 10 Gb/sGermany DFN > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/s > 10 Gb/sGreece GRNET > 1.2 Gb/s ≤ 5 Gb/s > 10 Gb/sHungary NIIF/HUNGARNET > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/s > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/sIceland RHNet > 622 Mb/s ≤ 1.2 Gb/s > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/sIreland HEAnet > 622 Mb/s ≤ 1.2 Gb/s > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/sItaly GARR > 10 Gb/s > 10 Gb/sLatvia LATNET > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/s > 10 Gb/sLithuania LITNET > 155 Mb/s ≤ 622 Mb/s > 622 Mb/s ≤ 1.2 Gb/sLuxembourg RESTENA > 622 Mb/s ≤ 1.2 Gb/s > 622 Mb/s ≤ 1.2 Gb/sMalta CSC > 622 Mb/s ≤ 1.2 Gb/s > 622 Mb/s ≤ 1.2 Gb/sNetherlands SURFnet > 10 Gb/s > 10 Gb/sNorway UNINETT > 1.2 Gb/s ≤ 5 Gb/s > 1.2 Gb/s ≤ 5 Gb/sPoland PIONIER > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/s > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/sPortugal FCCN > 1.2 Gb/s ≤ 5 Gb/s > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/sSlovakia SANET > 622 Mb/s ≤ 1.2 Gb/s > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/sSlovenia ARNES > 622 Mb/s ≤ 1.2 Gb/s > 10 Gb/sSpain RedIRIS > 1.2 Gb/s ≤ 5 Gb/s > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/sSweden SUNET > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/s > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/sSwitzerland SWITCH > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/s > 5 Gb/s ≤ 10 Gb/sUnited Kingdom UKERNA > 10 Gb/s > 10 Gb/s38