There are four large universities in Ternopil, Ukraine: Ternopil National Economic University (TNEU) with about 25,000 students; Ternopil State Technical University (TSTU) with about 10,000 students; Ternopil National Pedagogical University (TNPU) with about 15,000 students; and Ternopil State Medical University (TSMU) with about 5,000 students. These universities have some fiber optic cables (1 gigabit/sec), some copper cables (10 megabits/sec) and some wireless links (speeds up to 100 megabits/sec). The four universities collectively enroll about 55,000 students and have many research oriented programs. Before this project was initiated, all the universities in Ternopil were plagued by the slow speed of their Internet connections. Initially, our project will provide a 4 Mb/s Internet connection which is just a fraction of what the four universities need, but it will be a tremendous step in the right direction. As we write this paper, it appears that Ukrtelecom, the Ukrainian..