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[Gene Runion]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: ADEC Program Panel Discussions [mailto:ADEC-PGM at CRCVMS.UNL.EDU] On
>Behalf Of Kate Sydik
>Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 3:34 PM
>To: ADEC-PGM at CRCVMS.UNL.EDU
>Subject: Abilene network
>
>
>FYI -
>
>
>October 2, 2001
>
>Dear Internet2 Community:
>
>   This morning at the Virtual Internet2 Member Meeting we will announce
>a  five-year extension of our agreement with Qwest Communications, which
>will  allow us to significantly upgrade the Abilene network.  The
>extension allows us to quadruple the bandwidth of Abilene's national
>backbone circuits to 10 gigabits per second and demonstrates Qwest's
>ongoing commitment to the mission and goals of Internet2.
>
>   This upgrade, to be completed in 2003, will allow Abilene to maintain
>its position as one of the most advanced and far-reaching research
>networks in the world. The upgraded backbone will incorporate the
>current standard and the next-generation (IPv6) Internet protocols. In
>addition, Abilene will have access to dense wave division multiplexing
>(DWDM) optical technology that will allow experimentation with
>lambda-based capabilities and services.
>
>   Over the past three years Abilene has worked with regional and
>state-based networking organizations in the United States and Internet2
>International Partners around the world to connect nearly 200
>leading-edge universities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia,
>and Puerto Rico; 37 research and education networks in other countries;
>and, most recently, 14 state education networks. This upgrade will
>ensure that Abilene continues to provide the Internet2 community with an
>unsurpassed ability to support the development and deployment of
>revolutionary network applications and services.
>
>   Since its launch in January 1999, the work of the Abilene
>partners--Qwest Communications, Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks and
>Indiana University--has made Abilene an overwhelming success. We look
>forward to the next five years, to the continued success of Abilene, and
>to sustaining the Internet2 community's efforts to accelerate the
>creation of tomorrow's Internet.
>
>   For more information, please contact Greg Wood at (202) 331-5360 or
>ghwood at internet2.edu.
>
>   Sincerely,
>
>   Douglas E. Van Houweling
>President & CEO
>University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) 3025
>Boardwalk, Suite 100 Ann Arbor, MI 48108 www.Internet2.edu 734.913.4250
>(Voice) 734.913.4255 (FAX)
>
>============================================
>Kate Sydik
>Website & Listserv Manager
>American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC)
>C221 Animal Science Building
>University of Nebraska-Lincoln
>Lincoln, NE  68583-0952
>Phone: (402) 472-0878
>FAX:   (402) 472-9060
>E-mail: ksydik2 at unl.edu
>Web Site:  http://www.adec.edu

Robert MacArthur