[comm] Fyi: VLBA fiber initiatives

[Gareth Hunt]

For those of you not explicitly included on my list, you are obviously welcome
to attend.  It is unlikely that we will be able to use packet switching at the
rates desired (500Mbps now, 1Gbps soon, 100Gbps? in 10 years), so we may have
to concentrate on the availability of "dark fibers."

Cheers,
Gareth.
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CC: Sheila Marks <smarks at cv.nrao.edu>
Subject: VLBA fiber initiatives
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 14:32:14 -0500 (EST)

People,

As previously advertised to some of you, we will hold a brief multi-site
video meeting tomorrow Friday, March 2 at 15:00EST, 13:00MST to review
the status of fiber connectivity for the VLBA.

As Ken K wrote: "Mostly the goal is to replace the various bi-lateral
discussions with a multi-lateral one."

Initially, I had intended this as a small meeting, but we have been
encouraged by the wide interest expressed by both scientific and
engineering staff.  So I have explicitly invited those whom I know to be
directly interested and/or to be involved in related projects.  However,
the meeting is not closed, so please feel free to invite others whom I
may have missed.

Outline agenda:

  NSF/ITR proposal 
  Suggested prototype for Haystack to Green Bank
  Coordination with other organizations (Jive, etc.)
  Contact with vendors
  Future coordination

Cheers,
Gareth.
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