Overview
One of the goals of The Quilt is to provide advanced network
services at a lower cost. Toward this goal, the coalition of Quilt members
and authorized Quilt Buyers purchase Commodity Internet Services (CIS) through
several approved CIS vendors who participate in the program.
Quilt Participants collectively purchase 126Gbs of committed commodity
bandwidth from Quilt approved vendors established from The Quilt's 5th RFP
effort in 2008.
The Quilt's Commodity Internet
Service RFP Process
Through the RFP process, our goal is to identify those vendors
who, through their IP transit Internet service offerings, are willing and able
to be partners in the delivery and development of our research and education
networks through the United States. We will look to our approved commodity
internet services vendors for pricing discounts appropriate to our levels of
bandwidth consumption. We seek vendor partners who are not only able to
provide the best value, but are also at the forefront of technology and are
willing to work closely with Quilt members to develop and expand technology
beyond that of a standard provider-customer relationship.
Previous RFP Information
The Quilt's 2008 Commodity Internet Services RFP can
be found
here.
Information from the previous four RFP's can be found
here.
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