Nationwide Network
Just like the Internet in the 1990s, the CESTime network is being developed in phases. In the first phase, where we are today, it provides services to the academic community. In the second phase, which we will launch later this year, NIX.CZ will enable all other organizations to connect to the CESTime network through its infrastructure.
Map legend:
- Arrows on the lines indicate the direction in which the time signal propagates
- Dashed lines indicate inactive/backup links
We currently operate points of presence (PoPs) in the following cities:
- Prague
- Brno
- Ostrava
- Olomouc
- Jihlava
- České Budějovice
- Hradec Králové
- Pardubice
- Liberec
- Ústí nad Labem
- Plzeň
We deliver the signal to Bratislava and Vienna for partner organizations.
There is also a metropolitan infrastructure around Prague that interconnects the research infrastructures in the surrounding area.
The network consists of 26 links that together form four rings, providing redundancy in case of an outage.
We continuously monitor the network, and an overview of the current output from our monitoring system is shown on this page.