Transcript I2Panel 9/13/02 GOAL • A Gigabit or Bust by 2010

California
Going To
FIBER &
OPTICAL NETWORKING
Tom West
President, CENIC
I2Panel 9/13/02
GOAL
• A Gigabit or Bust by
2010
STRATEGY
Fiber Everywhere
 Higher Education Leadership

Optical Network Infrastructure
Initiative
Integrate 4CNet and CalREN-2
 IP Based
 Fiber and wavelength based
 Control our own network
 Leverage marketplace

CALREN-XD
Experimental/Development Network

IP based network. 10.0 GB Wavelengths and Dark Fiber

Serves Network Researchers in California Research
institutions

Four UC Institutes; USC’s ISI; Stanford; and Caltech
CALREN-HPR
High Performance Research

IP based network. 10.0 GB Wavelengths and Dark Fiber

50+ Research institutions, National Laboratories and San
Diego SuperComputng Center in California

California component of Internet2 with 10G and OC-12
connections

Serves hundreds of researchers
CALREN-DC
Digital California

IP based network. 2.5 GB

Serves-140 H.E institutions; 8000+ elementary and high
schools

8.0 million+ student, faculty and staff users

I2 connectivity and commodity ISP services.
Pacific Light Rail
Seattle
Washington
National Light Rail
Portland
Oregon
Chicago
Illinois
Sunnyvale
California
Los Angeles
California
Boston
Massachusetts
Denver
Colorado
New York
New York
Washington
D.C.
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Atlanta
Georgia
San Diego
California
Houston
Texas
Planning Process
Phase 1--Identification of Potential Partners
 Phase 2--Call for Partners
 Phase 3--Regroup--Network Design
 Phase 4--Select Partners/Negotiate
 Phase 5--Reselect and Renegotiate
 Phase 6--Continue to Negotiate
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IMPLEMENTATION
JIGSAW PUZZLE
 STEADY YOU GO
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EXTENSION--NGI
Economic Development
 Homeland Security
 Community Development
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For More Information
Visit the CENIC website:
http://www.cenic.org
Or send e-mail to:
[email protected]