New Nationwide Internet2 Network Deployment Reaches Major Milestone
Lauren Rotman | 13 Jun 2007
mail.internet2.edu
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - June 13, 2007 - Internet2 today announced that the first
East to West Coast span on its new nationwide 100 Gigabit per second (Gbps)
network has been completed and is providing production IP and circuit
services. This deployment marks another major milestone in bringing
leading-edge networking resources to the research and education community in
the United States.
Since beginning its network build out plans in fall 2006, Internet2 has
worked with Level 3 Communications, the Global Research Network Operations
Center (GRNOC) at Indiana University, and the regional network connectors to
rapidly deploy the enhanced optical and packet network platform. In April
2007, Internet2 announced that the first major phase of the deployment was
complete which included nodes in the Northeast and Midwest regions. With
today's announcement, Internet2 and Level 3 have now completed deployment of
important nodes across the northern span of the network including those in
Washington DC, Chicago, IL, Kansas City, MO, Salt Lake City, UT, and
Seattle, WA. Additionally, network rings have been completed from Washington
DC to Atlanta as well as from Kansas City to Atlanta. For a detailed
deployment schedule, visit: internet2.edu |
