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AtlanticWave
awave@atlanticwave.net
http://atlanticwave.net/
Description: AtlanticWave is a distributed international exchange
and peering fabric along the Atlantic coast of North and South America.
AtlanticWave connects the key exchange points on the U.S. East Coast:
- International Exchange Points: MANLAN in NYC and AMPATH in Miami
- MAX gigapop and NGIX-East in Washington, DC
- SoX gigapop in Atlanta
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AMPATH
info@ampath.net
http://www.ampath.fiu.edu/
Description:
AMPATH (AMP EXP) is a high performance exchange point in Miami, Florida to
facilitate peering between U.S. and international research and education
networks. The exchange point, built within the NAP of the Americas is a
collaborative effort providing to its partners. AMPATH provides a variety of
connections to peers ranging from Layer 2 Ethernet at rates of 10/100 Mbps or
1/10 Gbps to PoS ( Packet over Sonet ) rates from OC-3 to OC-12 as well as SDH
connections ranging from STM-1 as well as STM-4 and STM-16.
AMPATH can currently also support Layer 1 optical
connections. IP and eBGP peering across the Ethernet facility is supported in
addition to dedicated connections through the optical facility.
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MAN LAN
manlan@internet2.edu
http://networks.internet2.edu/manlan/
Description: A project of Internet2, NYSERNet, the Global NOC at
Indiana University and the IEEAF, MAN LAN is a research and education exchange
point that allows national and international backbones to connect through the
NYSERNet colocation facility at 32 Avenue of the Americas. Internet2 operates a
10 Gigabit Ethernet switch and 10 Gigabit (Ethernet or OC-192) SONET
cross-connects, providing both IP peering and dedicated lightpath connections
for research applications.
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NGIX/East
Decription: The NGIX/East R&E peer point at College
Park, MD has operated since 1998, and is the main east coast peer point for
Abilene, DREN, NASA
NISN and NREN, vBNS, ESNet, USGS/DOI and GEANT2. ESNet has just connected
(regularizing an adhoc peering that has existed since 2002) and
GEANT2 has a 10G line coming in July 2006.
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Pacific Wave
info@pacificwave.net
www.pacificwave.net
Description: Pacific Wave is a joint project between the Corporation for
Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) and the Pacific Northwest
Gigapop (PNWGP), and is operated in collaboration with the University of
Southern California and the University of Washington. Pacific Wave enhances
research and education network capabilities by increasing network efficiency,
reducing latency, increasing throughput, and reducing costs.
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StarLight
help@startap.net
http://www.icair.org/activities_frames.html
Description: StarLight, the next generation STAR TAP (Science
Technology and Research Transit Access Point), is an international advance
exchange facility for global advanced networks that will lead federal, state and
international research networking. StarLight is designed to support large-scale
global eScience based on Grid computing and advanced applications related to
next-generation optical networking. Located at Northwestern University,
StarLight was designed and developed in partnership with the University of
Illinois at Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, and is funded by the
National Science Foundation.
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