Networks

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[edit] Internet2

[edit] Internet2 Network Services

The Internet2 Network provides the U.S. research and education community with a dynamic, innovative and cost-effective hybrid optical and packet network designed to:

• provide next-generation production services as well as a platform for the development of new networking ideas and protocols.
• enable a wide variety of bandwidth-intensive applications under development at campuses and research labs.
• support multiple 'networks' e.g. the best-effort, packet-based IP network, the static and dynamic dedicated circuit services 'network', the ESnet backbone network, other 'networks' that our members might want to construct out of the wavelengths and circuits.

[edit] Complementary and Supporting Services

In addition to the backbone network, Internet2 offers a suite of complementary and supporting services.

• Internet2 WaveCo: Provides Internet2 members cost-effective access to dedicated wavelengths on an extensive nationwide and metropolitan footprint covering more than 33,000 miles of optical fiber.
• Internet2 FiberCo: Provides a means of acquiring, holding, and distributing dark fiber network assets -- offering intercity and metro dark fiber, and colocation services, at competitive aggregated rates to the Internet2 community. FiberCo’s extensible allocation includes over 13,000 route miles of dark fiber and provides network access to the more than 6,000 on-net facilities of Level 3.
• Internet2 FiberCo Professional Services: Through partnerships with select providers, Internet2 provides a full range of services to assist regional networks and universities with cost-effective planning, network design, installation, management, and operation of their networking infrastructures at very attractive and exclusive rates.
• Manhattan Landing (MAN LAN): A collaborative effort of Internet2, NYSERNet, and the Global NOC at Indiana University, MAN LAN is a high performance exchange point in New York City that supports both Layer 1 optical and Layer 2 Ethernet connections to facilitate peering among U.S. and international research and education (R&E) networks. IP peerings across the Ethernet facility are supported in addition to dedicated connections through the optical facility.

More information is at Internet2 Information Kit.