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This has been one of the biggest problems with most companies as well... Poor planning and design. There is no way SmallCompany.com or MomAndPop.org could have known that by going world wide they'd gain a slew of business that would overwhelm their poor little SoHo office. Now they have to upgrade and add 20 servers, 2 routers and a firewall. Get real for a minute. Most companies, government organizations, etc., can't control growth and expansion, it grows, implodes at will. National Lambda Rail however thrilling it may sound is a bandaid solution. I can see it now... "K Engineers, this weekend we'll be migrating ARIN and APNIC over to ipv?.lambdarail.net for better speeds"

Because Internet2 is one of the original investors in NLR, and has two seats on its' board of directors? Because NLR and Internet2 have been discussing merging? Because this announcemnt may have implications for a merger?

Because Internet2 is one of the original investors in NLR, and has two seats on its' board of directors? Because NLR and Internet2 have been discussing merging? Because this announcemnt may have implications for a merger?

"Oh but what about all the waste from the batteries"... I hate that typical response to your opinion/suggestion. Duh, recycle them into *gasp* new batteries. I just wanted to chip in that my current ideal world (until we have those transporter thingies) would be absolutely covered with maglev train routes and hubs for them. Soon as we make them go 500mph or so we get rid of the planes. The government is just sitting on its ass. Fun and interesting linkages: http://www.evworld.com/images/US_highspeed_railcor ridors.jpg http://www.nlr.net/images/NLR-Map-large.jpg http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/mag netrain.html

Internet2 is a production testbed. They were the first to do multicasting, IPv6, speeds around 10GB, etc. Those things are tested, developed, and deployed on I2 and the people that make the equipment use that experience to build it to the rest of the internet. Very few providers do v6 and multicast yet, possibly just a few of the big boys. The big new routers from Cisco and Nortel are being used on Internet2 and the cycle begins again.

That said there are some that wanted a more experimental network to do more cutting edge stuff. That is what the NLR (National Lambda Rail) is about, doing a very highspeed network using dark fiber with different wavelengths and getting 50GB or more. This is the cutting edge stuff.

Well, there's a useful pamphlet (PDF, 830 kB) on the National LambdaRail website.

It states that there will be a solicitation/application process that will peer review project proposals. The intent is for NLR to be used both as a tool for other research, and also for research into networking technology (both protocols and hardware).

To answer your question, you need to convince their scientists that you have an interesting project proposal, and you probably need to be "affiliated with" a big chunk of grant money.

Well, there's a useful pamphlet (PDF, 830 kB) on the National LambdaRail website.

It states that there will be a solicitation/application process that will peer review project proposals. The intent is for NLR to be used both as a tool for other research, and also for research into networking technology (both protocols and hardware).

To answer your question, you need to convince their scientists that you have an interesting project proposal, and you probably need to be "affiliated with" a big chunk of grant money.

There is a weird mix of members in this. Not what I would expect from their quotes. One of the interesting ones: University of New Mexico representing the state of New Mexico. http://www.nlr.net/members.html

More information is available at nlr.net including a network map. The first link that went up was between Chicago and the Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center which is run by CMU (where I go). The only problem I think we only have 1 (maybe 2) gigabit links to them, so the bandwidth isn't available onto campus.

More information is available at nlr.net including a network map. The first link that went up was between Chicago and the Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center which is run by CMU (where I go). The only problem I think we only have 1 (maybe 2) gigabit links to them, so the bandwidth isn't available onto campus.

Here ya go. Now be gentle people, this site is not on the magic 10Gb/s pipe.