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Internet2 Gets a New Backbone

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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."

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  1. moD Up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    de7elopment model

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  3. Re:odds on.. by somersault · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    did you know that a roll can be defined as

    1. "move by turning over or rotating"
    2. "bun: small rounded bread either plain or sweet",
    3. "bankroll: a roll of currency notes"
    4. "hustle: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity"
    5. "a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)" / "the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously"
    6. "walking with a swaying gait"


    Did you also know that I'm a spelling Nazi.. isn't too obvious
    --
    which is totally what she said
  4. Re:great! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Let me guess, you voted for Dukakis?