The Quilt
Mission
The Quilt, a coalition of advanced regional network organizations, is a
dynamic forum where leaders from throughout the advanced research and
education network community build on the intellectual capital and best
practices of network service providers worldwide. Based on the
participants' combined experiences in operations and development of
leading edge technologies, the Quilt aims to influence the national
agenda on information technology infrastructure, with particular
emphasis on networking. Through this coalition, the Quilt promotes
delivery of networking services at lower cost, higher performance and
greater reliability and security. The Quilt derives support and funding
from a diverse base, including participants, federal agencies, and
partners. It also relies on significant volunteer contributions from
its participants.
Values
The Quilt plays a respected and trusted role within the networking and
broader information technology communities. It maintains this role by
engaging vendors, federal agencies, and its participants in diverse
projects and interest groups.
>Upcoming Quilt and
R&E Network Events:
April 2008
Merit's VoIP Seminar
"Voice over IP: The State of the Art and a
Look to the Future"
3 April Ann Arbor, MI
http://www.merit.org/events/archive/specialevents/voip/
2008 ACUTA Spring Seminar
6-9 April St. Louis, MO
http://www.acuta.org/events/seminars/sse08.cfm
Spring Internet2 Member Meeting
21-23 April Arlington, VA
http://events.internet2.edu/2008/spring-mm/
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Calendar
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Quilt News
Quilt NOC Workshop Update
The Quilt has recently changed the dates
and venue for its NOC workshop originally scheduled for June in Delaware.
Instead, this year’s NOC Workshop is now planned to be our first virtual
workshop which will utilize our members’ video services to facilitate the
event. We are now targeting
the week of September 8th for
this virtual workshop. Stay tuned for additional details on this event.
The Quilt welcomes the
Kentucky
Regional Optical Network as its newest member. For more information
about KyRON, please visit the website at
http://kyron.ky.gov/
More Quilt News
Other News
05 Feb 2008
FCC AND USDA Launch
Website
Focused on Rural Broadband
29 Jan 2008
Educause releases its "A
Blueprint for Big Broadband" White Paper by John Windhausen Jr.
>Executive
Summary
>ars
technica review
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