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18 Sep. 2020

Astronomers from the Institute of Astronomy (KU Leuven) operate Mercator telescope from a distance of 3,000 km

Thanks to the technology developed by the Institute of Astronomy and the high-performance Belnet connection, (future) astronomers will be able to continue their research from 3,000 kilometres away during the COVID-19 crisis. Belnet spoke with Prof. Hans Van Winckel, Head of Astronomy at the KU Leuven.

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15 Dec. 2020

Belnet helps to make the internet safer by implementing RPKI

Belnet recently implemented RPKI as one of the first Belgian ISPs. In doing so, we contribute to the security of BGP routing and the internet in general. Invalid BGP routes (without certificate, or ROA) are now rejected, which means that Belnet helps thwarting BGP Hijacking.

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25 Nov. 2020

Belnet completes redesign of its network

As 2020 draws to a close, the final steps will be taken in the redesign of the Belnet network. With this ambitious project, we have succeeded in significantly improving the stability, redundancy and performance of our network. The focus of the final stage has been on increasing and redistributing external capacity. And as for the future, it is definitely set to bring both investments and improvements in the long term.

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10 Nov. 2020

Temporary contact procedure during the Christmas period

From Friday evening 18 December 2020 until Sunday 10 January 2021 included, we will not perform any upgrades or implement new services. Please note also that our offices will be closed from Friday 25 December 2020 to Sunday 3 January 2021 included. We will resume our activities on Monday 4 January 2021.

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28 Sep. 2020

Framework agreement for network equipment: update of our provisional planning

If you are one of the 30 institutions to have expressed an interest, we would like to keep you fully informed regarding the progress of the various stages of the contract award process.

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28 Sep. 2020

Belnet hosts podcast service for ULB

The coronavirus crisis is having a major impact on the way universities and colleges are working. In order to allow its students to remotely attend and review lessons, the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) will use a podcast service in the new academic year. The university approached Belnet to implement this service quickly.

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14 Jul. 2020

Belnet looks back on a successful higher-education action plan during the online examination period

Belgian colleges and universities have had easy access to the platforms they host to conduct online examinations. Thanks to a tailor-made action plan, we could guarantee them stable, high-performance service.

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3 Jun. 2020

Become acquainted with CEDESURK, Belnet's Congolese partner

As part of its mission to stimulate the development of a knowledge and information society by providing and maintaining high-quality, innovative network services, Belnet became involved in the digitisation of CEDESURK (the Congolese documentation centre for higher and university-level education and research).

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25 May. 2020

BGP security: why it's important that every provider implements RPKI

RPKI (Resource Public Key Infrastructure) is a way to improve Border Gateway Protocol security. An important nuance is that all internet service providers must implement this standard for it to be 100% effective.

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25 May. 2020

Network equipment framework agreement: presentation of our provisional timing

If you are one of the 30 institutions that have expressed an interest, we would like to keep you as informed as possible about the progress of the various stages of the contract-awarding process.

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