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OARnet

IT organization

The Ohio Academic Resources Network (OARnet) is a state-funded IT organization that provides member organizations with intrastate networking, virtualization and cloud computing applications, advanced videoconferencing, connections to regional and international research networks and the commodity Internet, colocation services, and emergency web-hosting.2 It was founded by Ohio Department of Higher Education.1 It is part of Ohio Technology Consortium.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1987Founded1

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The Ohio Academic Resources Network (OARnet) is a state-funded IT organization that provides member organizations with intrastate networking, virtualization and cloud computing applications, advanced videoconferencing, connections to regional and international research networks and the commodity Internet, colocation services, and emergency web-hosting. The OARnet network (known for a time as Third Frontier Network and later, OSCnet) is a dedicated, statewide, high-speed fiber-optic network that serves Ohio K-12 schools, college and university campuses, academic medical centers, public broadcas2

The story

Founded by Ohio Department of Higher Education in 1987.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Ohio Technology Consortium since 2011

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2011Acquired Acquired by Ohio Technology Consortium1
  2. 1987Founded Founded1

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