Thanks to recent price reductions from NERO (Network for Education and Research
in Oregon), the UO is able to more than double the bandwidth rate limit for
UOnet (up from 21Mbps to 51Mbps). This means you can expect less congestion
at peak usage times.
The UO's participation in The Quilt (http://www.thequilt.net/),
a coalition of advanced regional network organizations, is a large contributing
factor in the lower costs available to NERO for Internet Transit bandwidth.
For more information on NERO, see http://www.nero.net/