Internet2 Gets a New Backbone

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday April 25, 2006 @09:34PM from the where-and-through-whom dept.

wrong_fuel writes "A few of you know that Internet2 and NLR (National Lambda Rail) have been in talks for some time regarding a merger of the two networks. Those talks have fallen apart and Internet2's contracts with Qwest communications had already been allowed to lapse. Internet2 has now reached an agreement with an unnamed carrier for its next generation backbone. The new network will likely be named later this year (the old one was referred to as "Abilene") and current member Universities will be migrated off of Abilene by September 2007."

4 of 175 comments (clear)

great! by celardore · 2006-04-25 21:43 · Score: 5, Funny

More backbone capacity is needed for all the spam and porn.
Re:Internet2 the internet of the future certa 1996 by vrt3 · 2006-04-25 22:14 · Score: 4, Funny

Instead of Internet2 we just got Web 2.0. Bweeh.

--
This sig under construction. Please check back later.
National Lambda Rail? by BlackMesaLabs · 2006-04-25 22:35 · Score: 4, Funny

National Lambda Rail? No....You have to RIDE the rail, THEN you launch the Lambda SATELLITE.
hmmmmmm by LiquidCoooled · 2006-04-25 22:44 · Score: 4, Funny

xcopy \internet \internet2\old /A /E /H

--
liqbase :: faster than paper