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Internet2 Selects Level (3) as Backbone Provider for New Network

Internet2 Thursday named Level 3 as its new network provider that will build its future backbone to support 10 times more capacity than the current network.

At Internet2’s spring meeting in May, members talked about the goals of its new network and what it might look like, which includes supporting 10 10Gbps Lambdas.

The network will initially support 100Gbps connections to Internet2 members. Level 3 is designing the network so bandwidth upgrades will be seamless for future needs.

In April, Internet2 announced that it would not renew its contract with Qwest, the primary network carrier for its Abilene network, which is being phased out. Level 3 is Internet2’s network provider of the future.

posted by Fergie @ 6/15/2006 03:58:00 PM