1. Different coverage: public network refers to the global Internet, and education network refers to the private network established among universities, scientific research institutions and government agencies in China.
2. Different access conditions: the public network can be accessed through any Internet service provider, while the access conditions of the education network are strictly restricted, and only universities, scientific research institutions and government agencies that have been certified and authorized can access it.
3. Different transmission speed: Due to the particularity of educational network, its transmission speed is faster, more stable and more reliable than that of public network.
4. Different security: Educational network can provide higher security. For example, data transmission in educational network can use encryption technology to ensure data security; At the same time, the education network has also set up a variety of security facilities such as firewalls to protect the security of users' network data.
To sum up, although public network and education network are both ways to connect networks, there are obvious differences between them.