Advanced Regional Networking

Through the National Telecommunication and Information Administration’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), a significant number of our Quilt members and research and education networking colleagues received grants for BTOP projects.  These projects will increase broadband capacity to community anchor institutions currently connected to these research and education networks and build infrastructure that will facilitate the connection of new community anchor institutions to these networks.  The level of Quilt member participation in these projects varies.  Some of these organizations are directly involved in the BTOP projects as awardees, others as sub-recipients, and still others are indirectly involved through partnerships with the project participants.     

In support of our members and colleagues involved in these projects, we have put together a collection of links to their associated BTOP project pages so those who are interested can track the progress of these projects. 

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Below are the links to BTOP projects of Quilt member organizations and other R&E institutions

Associated R&E Network	Project Applicant	Project Name	Site Link
CEN	Department of Information Technology	CT Recovery	BTOP Link
CENIC	CVIN, LLC	The Central Valley Next Generation Broadband Infrastructure Project	BTOP Link
I-Light	Zayo Bandwidth	Indiana Middle Mile Fiber for Schools, Communities, and Anchor Institutions	BTOP Link
LONI	Lousiana State Board of Regents	Louisiana Broadband Alliance
Golden Leaf	MCNC	Golden Leaf Broadband Initiative	BTOP Link
NCREN	MCNC	North Carolina Rural Broadband Initiative	BTOP Link
Merit	Merit	REACH Michigan Middle Mile Collaborative	BTOP Link
Merit	Merit	REACH-3MC	BTOP Link
Network.Virginia	Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative	Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative	BTOP Link
Network.Virginia	Virginia Tech Foundation	Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc.	BTOP Link
NJEdge	New Jersey Department of Treasury	State of New Jersey Broadband Network	BTOP Link
NYSERNet	ION	ION Upstate New York Rural Broadband Initiative	BTOP Link
OARNET	COM NET, INC.	GigEPAC--GigE PLUS Availability Coalition	BTOP Link
OARNET	HORIZON TELCOM, INC.	Connecting Appalachian Ohio Middle Mile Consortium	BTOP Link
OARNET	ONECOMMUNITY	Ohio Middle Mile Consortium Project	BTOP Link
ONENET	FINANCE, OKLAHOMA OFFICE OF STATE	Oklahoma Community Anchor Network (OCAN)	BTOP Link
OSHEAN	OSHEAN	OSHEAN Beacon 2.0 Network	BTOP Link
PennREN	KINBER	Pennsylvania Research and Education Network (PennREN)	BTOP Link
LEARN	TEXAS A&M	Texas Pipes	BTOP Link
UEN	University of Utah	Utah Anchors: A Community Broadband Project	BTOP Link
University of Maine System	Biddeford Internet Corp. (d.b.a. GWI)	Three Ring Binder	BTOP Link
University of Wisconsin	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System	Metropolitan Unified Fiber Network	BTOP Link
WISCNET	UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM	Building Community Capacity through Broadband	BTOP Link