Qwest
Communications And Internet2 Extend Partnership For
Advanced Network Services
Qwest and Internet2, a university-led research and development
consortium, today announced a new five-year agreement
to quadruple the Abilene Internet2 network's capacity.
The new agreement will increase the Abilene Internet2
network's capacity to 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps)
through the use of optical networking technologies,
making the network one of the most advanced and far-reaching
educational research networks in the world.
Building
the Next Generation Internet
Abilene, Qwest's donated high-speed fiber optic backbone,
speeds development of applications and services that
will reach every classroom.
Internet2
Backbone Network Connects Universities in Every State
Abilene, an Internet2® backbone network,
now reaches at least one university in each of the 50
states in the US.
Revolutionizing
the Reach of Education: Digital Video and Internet2
Educators may soon reach students anywhere in the world
through interactive multimedia presentations. Published
in Syllabus
Magazine, reprinted with permission.
Qwest,
Cisco, Nortel Networks, Indiana University, and UCAID
Partner to Deliver High Performance Internet Research
Network
Abilene Network is Test Bed for Internet of the Future
for Corporations and Consumers
The Abilene Project, the most advanced research and
education network in the US, today began nationwide
operations delivering high performance network services
to 37 universities.
First
Public Demonstration of Abilene Network at Internet2
Member Meeting in San Francisco
Nearly 500 university researchers and corporate members
of Internet2 are in San Francisco today for the first
public demonstration of Abilene, a high-performance
$500 million network developed by the University Corporation
for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) in partnership
with Qwest Communications, Nortel Networks (Northern
Telecom) and Cisco Systems.
