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Internet2 Deployment Reaches Major Milestone
An anonymous reader writes "Internet2 today announced that the first East to West Coast span on its new nationwide 100 gigabit per second network has been completed and is providing production IP and circuit services. This deployment marks another major milestone in bringing leading- edge networking resources to the research and education community in the United States."
See http://www.internet2.edu/network/library/deploymen t_phases.pdf
Almost as interested as what is covered is what is not yet covered. Does anyone know how long they expect this to take to fully implement?
Then, after that - pr0n, spam, hax0rs, skr1p7 k1dd13z, and all the rest.
After all, the first part of "Internet2" is "Internet".
Won't it be great? Getting all those worms delivered at breakneck speeds?
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The press release: https://mail.internet2.edu/wws/arc/i2-news/2007-06 /msg00003.html
I'm too far away for DSL. There is no cable modem service in my street. Am I stuck with dial-up to this mega-network? If so, progress seems a long way off to me.
it is supposed to be Internet 2.0!
Are we still behind countries like Korea and Canada on this front with this development? Let an informed soul clarify.
Oh shit, I didn't realise I was on the wrong version. I better upgrade quick.
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I have looked at the partner sites for the project http://international.internet2.edu/partners/ there doesn't seem to be much progress outside of the US. Are there plans for any that anybody is aware of?
Will Internet2 always be the academic side, Internet1 remains separate, and they will just be upgraded in sections in the coming years? Will Internet2 always be the faster of the two? Will it serve as the proving ground for technology that later filters down to Internet1?
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I transferred some of the first files over this network. It was Monte Carlo physics data produced for the CMS project. It took us about 20 minutes to go from 0 to 6.5 Gbps (we have a 10Gbps link to I2).
P2P is not a big application on I2. Simply put, clients like Bittorrent don't scale well for individual transfers and there aren't enough transfers to really aggregate to an impressive number.
I expect at least 100 Mbps per file using our transfer tools, then transfer many files at once.
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So it looks like several types of features are involved: network stuff (faster, better topology, etc.), "middleware" (authentication), and apps, specifically integrated voice, video, IM. How much will end up vaporware, or let's say feature-speak...? Hybrid Optical Networking Initiative (HOPI)
Motivated by extreme applications that strain today's networks, the HOPI project investigates revolutionary network architectures that will serve as models for the next-generation of Internet2 networks.
End-to-End Performance Initiative (E2EPI)
By developing tools to embed performance and diagnostic technology within the network infrastructure, E2EPI is making it easier to create a more reliable, predictable and seamless network experience for all users, and encourage the adoption of next-generation network applications.
Observatory
To enable a better understanding of the inner-workings and use of a large-scale infrastructure by network engineers, researchers and users, the Observatory provides a unique and comprehensive real-time operational data associated with Internet2's nationwide high-performance network.
Middleware Initiative
The Middleware Initiative brings together leading IT architects from Internet2 member organizations to address critical issues in authentication and authorization in order to create practical and secure inter-institutional services.
Security
The Internet2 Security initiative supports members as they explore and implement network security in ways that ensure continued high-performance, innovation and support for advanced network applications.
SIP.edu
With an estimated 10 million Internet2-connected users, SIP.edu supports testing and encourages the adoption of advanced communications applications that integrate voice, video, and instant messaging through presence services and open standards.
Internet2 Technology Evaluation Centers (ITEC)
ITECs are national centers that provide leadership and support for the Internet2 community in specific areas of technology and networking, such as optical technologies, network performance, Voice over IP (VoIP), and video conferencing.
Internet2 is a trademarked non-profit organization name. The network they are making is called the Abilene Network.
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Being a CMS researcher I guess you have already heard about http://monalisa.cern.ch/FDT/ that was especially developed for this purpose (high speed transfer over paths with large RTT). It goes to the maximum possible transfer rate in a matter of seconds and can pipe multiple files through the same channel especially to avoid situations like you describe.
Will Internet2 have twice the tubes or tubes twice the size?