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Internet2 Turns 10 and Upgrades

Posted by Zonk on from the something-new-gets-old dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As an update to a previous story, Internet2 is celebrating its 10th anniversary in Chicago this week at it's fall conference. In addition, they're announcing the initial stages of their second significant network upgrade of their backbone network. Engineers are providing daily blog updates on the network install process as the old network is transitioned to the new. In addition to changing to a Level3-managed and Internet2-provisioned DWDM transport system for backbone capacity, I2 is implementing a new connection-oriented backbone network based on the Ciena CoreDirector platform in concert with the routed IP network."

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  1. I'll pass... by Rastignac · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm waiting for Internet3 before upgrading. ;)

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  2. Internet 2 is 10 already? by VitrosChemistryAnaly · · Score: 3, Funny

    Alright, that means only 8 more years until I can get some of her nude photos!

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  3. Re:Internet2 Primer Needed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It lets college students quickly transfer MP3 files to other Abilene network members.

    I presume there might be other uses too. Like videos, I guess.

  4. Re:Internet2 Primer Needed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's a bigger series of tubes.

  5. The best thing about Internet2 by dave420 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Porn2.

  6. Re:Internet2 Primer Needed by protohiro1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow...that is a lot of words that totally don't say anything.

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