1. WSHE - the network needs P.Goetzen(goetzen@wshe.lodz.pl) Academy of Humanities and Economics Lodz, Poland

2. Distance learning  more & more students need e- learning courses  courses contain large elements (graphics, films, animations)  :=> VERY fast and reliable backbone network is needed

3. Grid computing  several thousands of workstations located in classrooms  classrooms located across Poland  ~20% of processor time consumed by students  80 % of processor time - possible use for parallel/grid calculations (simulations)  :=> VERY fast and reliable backbone network is needed

4. Local needs  to be able to connect to libraries  to be able to search databases (including full text search)  to be able to exchange the data between students and their teachers  to be able to exchange the data between the academic teachers

5. Local needs  to exchange the scientific data between the researchers  to allow the local resources for external scientific users  to allow the local resources for external students (diploma works etc)  to allow the local resources for external commercial users (databases, e- commerce...)

6.  Academy of Humanities and Economics http://www.wshe.lodz.pl/english/ www.wshe.lodz.pl/english/  Polish Virtual University (distance learning) http://www.puw.pl/english/