• The Alabama Research and Education Network (AREN) is the statewide managed network connecting its clients to the Internet and to Alabama supercomputer resources. AREN currently consists of a multiple ring, 10G Ethernet based network connecting major hub sites in Huntsville (2), Birmingham (2), Montgomery (2), Atlanta, Troy, Dallas, Dothan, and Mobile.
• Approximately 225 client institutions are connected to AREN, including all public universities and colleges, the state's community colleges, several state government agenies, some public libraries, and approximately 137 public K-12 school systems. For those universities which have an alternate primary Internet service provider, AREN functions as a secondary ISP for local traffic and the primary route for traffic within the state.