Transcript Cudi update
Cudi update May 6, 2002 Arlington Virginia What is Cudi Cudi is the Mexican education and research network It is organized as a non profit corporation of universities and research centers, created in April 1999 Developments during the past year Increase in membership New domestic connectivity options New international connectivity options Applications development Increase in membership 15 Academic Associates (Major universities that jointly share network costs) Have reached 9 Corporate Associates Have a total of 68 universities that can use the network (an increase of 126% from a year ago) TO USA Tijuana TO USA Cd Juárez Monterrey Guadalajara Current state of the Backbone (4,000 Kms of STM1 links donated by TELMEX) México New connectivity options for members Monterrey Tijuana BACKBONE Guadalajara México VPN Access Nodes (Associates) ATM Affiliates nodes ATM +IP IP 2Mb/s Shared VPN links for I2 and Commodity Internet COMMODITY INTERNET Monterrey Tijuana BACKBONE Guadalajara México VPN Access Nodes (Associates) ATM Affiliates nodes ATM +IP IP 2Mb/s Competition for the University market and Avantel As Universities have started to request connectivity to the CUDI network, access to the backbone has become a critical market demand Other carriers have requested access to the backbone in order to compete for the university market Telmex has accepted interconnection of other carriers if they make an equivalent contribution to CUDI The new Avantel offering 4,000 additional kilometers of STM1 backbone 18 connection points A STM1 link to vBNS in Houston The new Avantel offering… Tijuana TO USA TO HOUSTON vBNS REYNOSA SALTILLO Monterrey ZACATECAS AGUASCALIENTES LEON MERIDA GUANAJUATO TULA POZA RICA Guadalajara QUERETARO México CAMPECHE JALAPA VERACRUZ VILLAHERMOSA The joint backbones… TO USA TO USA Tijuana Cd Juárez TO HOUSTON vBNS REYNOSA SALTILLO ZACATECAS AGUASCALIENTES Monterrey MERIDA LEON GUANAJUATO TULA POZA RICA CAMPECHE QUERETARO Guadalajara JALAPA VERACRUZ VILLAHERMOSA México CANCUN Potential to link many new institutions The Avantel nodes passes near 120 university campuses located in second tier cities International connectivity UCSD (CALIFORNIA) TIJUANA STM - 1 UTEP(TEXAS) UACJ 100 Mb/s Tijuana - San Diego (155 Mbps ATM based link) NODO TIJUANA SDSCC UCSD CENIC CUDI MEXICO CABLEMAS FIBRA OPTICA USA COX Cd. Juárez - El Paso (100 Mbps 8.02.11 radio link) CUDI NODO UACJ MÉXICO USA ABILENE NODO UTEP New international connectivity options Upgrading the Tijuana-San Diego link to adapt to GigEthernet migration requirements Working on dark fiber project for the Ciudad Juárez-El Paso link The Avantel link into Houston will provide connectivity to vBNS Interest in strengthening links to Europe, Central America and South America EUROPE CENTRAL AMERICA Applications are emerging as many universities and research centers start to connect… Widespread videoconferencing Broadband multimedia educational content on line e-Health project http://www.cudi.edu.mx [email protected]