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#REDIRECT [[Network Startup Resource Center]]
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| logo            = NSRCLogo.jpg
 
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| type            = non-profit
 
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| industry        = Internet
 
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| founded        = Late 1980s
 
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| founders        = [[Randy Bush]], [[John Klensin]]
 
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| ownership      =
 
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| headquarters    = 1501 Kincaid Street<br>
 
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University of Oregon<br>
 
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Eugene, OR
 
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| country        = USA
 
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| employees      = 51-100
 
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| email          = nsrc[at]nsrc.org
 
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| website        = [http://www.nsrc.org/ NSRC]
 
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| blog            =
 
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| facebook        = [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59848005078 NSRC]
 
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| linkedin        =
 
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| twitter        = nsrcworld
 
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| keypeople      = [[Steven Huter]], Director<br>
 
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[[Hervey Allen]], Network System Engineer
 
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'''Network Startup Resource Center - NSRC''' is an organization working for the development and deployment of Internet throughout the Asia Pacific region, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and newly Independent States. It is a part of the University of Oregon. Its main focus is deployment of Internet in academic institutes and non-governmental organizations. It provides assistance to the teams working for the betterment of the global Internet community. NSRC provides a platform for international communication between institutes, scientist, engineers and researchers.<ref>[http://www.nsrc.org/ NSRC]</ref>
 
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NSRC gets its basic funding from [[National Science Foundation]] (NSF). Other donors are Carnegie Mellon, [[Cisco Systems]], FreeBSD Mall, [[Google]],
 
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[[IDRC]], [[ISOC]], O'Reilly, Richard Karp, [[Vint Cerf]], and the University of Oregon.<ref>[http://www.pacnog.org/pacnog3/meeting/nsrc-about.pdf Pacnog]</ref> Recently, in March, 2011, Google contributed $1.5 Million to the center.<ref>[http://university.kval.com/news/business/google-gives-125-million-uo-network-startup-resource-center/245092 KVAL University]</ref>
 
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==History==
 
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NSRC started building Internet infrastructure in 1988 in South Africa. They gradually moved on to other countries and provided network connectivity to Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco, Peru, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Togo, and assistance to many others. They build their centers in local universities and help people establish their own network and connect to the outside world.<ref>[http://archive.psg.com/nsrc.html PSG Archive]</ref>
 
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Since its birth, NSRC has helped build the first ever network in:<ref>[http://www.nsrc.org/about.html About NSRC]</ref>
 
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* Peru in 1991
 
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* Egyptian Universities in 1993
 
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* Africa in 1994
 
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* Sri Lankan Engineers in 1995
 
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* Tanzania in 1996
 
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* Togo in 1997
 
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In 1996, NSRC officially moved to University of Oregon. It participated in the development of [[AfriNIC]] and [[LACNIC]]. They provide funding for different Network Operator Groups throughout the world.<ref>[http://apru2008.ui.ac.id/v2/presentation/apru-cio-2008-uo.pdf UI Apru2008]</ref> Since 1992, NSRC has provided more than $40 million of aid for the equipment and publications necessary to establish of Internet connections in more than 100 countries.<ref>[http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume45/CultivatingGlobalCyberinfrastr/202353 EduCause]</ref>
 
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==Events==
 
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NSRC arranges workshops, seminars, technical training and short courses all around the world for those who are interested in networking. It collaborates with [[APTLD]]<ref>[http://www.aptld.org/hk2010/214_GMreportHKmeetingsent.pdf APTLD]</ref>, [[ICANN]] and [[ISOC]]<ref>[http://ws.edu.isoc.org/workshops/cctld/presentations/ISOC-ccTLD-report-ICANN-040724.ppt ISOC Edu]</ref> for their meetings. NSRC will be participating in [[ICANN42]], ISOC INET Cotonou meeting, SANOG 18, WALC 2011 and PacNOG 10 this year. A complete list of upcoming events can be found [http://www.nsrc.org/where/future.html here]. Besides this NSRC has regularly been arranging workshops and hands-on training courses of networking since 1990. All the past and future trainings provided by the center can be seen [https://nsrc.org/workshops/ here].
 
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==References==
 
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{{reflist}}
 
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