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011.32 Peru
By Daniel Pimienta, Union Latina
<ULAT-DP@frmop11.bitnet>
RCP: THE PERUVIAN NETWORK
December 1, 1991, the first message from JS@RCP.PE was
broadcasted into several regional email addresses, signifying of
the Peruvian national network, the Red Cientifica Peruana (RCP).
Building a research network in Peru was considered a real
challenge.
Peru is a complex country and several attempts have been made
since 1985 to start a national network. Some hardly reached the
take-off point, others did not achieve a significant user base.
The research world in Peru, with 40,000 potential users, is
highly dispersed among universities, NGOs linked to research
activities, and the national government's research centers.
The RCP project combined three main components: an open Peruvian
Researcher's Group, which sustains and drives the project, and
two International Agencies, which furnished the appropriate
support.
Union Latina furnished the project manager and the methodology,
and, in three successive missions since April, 1991, concentrates
on solving the political and organizational tasks, as well as
furnishing a portion of the initial budget for the Peruvian
Researcher's Group. UNDP offered the technical support,
hardware, and software for the node as well as the first months
of the international telecommunication budget.
The network was founded on several principals that stated the
technical, political, organizational, and financial and technical
assumptions for the network. These principles included
continuous and strong end-user involvement from the beginning,
and an association of users from the different portions of the
user community. Technically, the principles stated that the
network would start with UUCP and migrate towards TCP-IP, would
have a strong central node with PC stations running UUPC and
would use the X.25 national network.
The network was an immediate success, with 45 research
institutions involved, representing a total of 25,000 potential
users. The UUCP node was installed in one week. This smooth
rollout was the result of several factors, including the fact
that the project manager was Peruvian and could catalyze Peruvian
energies and maintain them oriented toward a common National
objective, as well as the well-coordinated support from the
international agencies.