INTERNET2, NYSERNET AND INDIANA UNIVERSITY ESTABLISH NEW INTERNATIONAL

HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORKING EXCHANGE

 

New York City facility eases connections among US and international

research and education networks

 

Washington, DC -- May 7, 2003 -- Internet2(R), NYSERNet and Indiana

University today announced MAN LAN, a new high performance exchange

point in New York City to facilitate peering among U.S. and

international research and education networks.

 

Abilene, an Internet2 backbone network; GEANT, the pan-European research

network; and HEANet, the Irish research and education network are

already connected to MAN LAN. NYSERNet’s network and CA*net 4, Canada's

research and education network, are expected to connect in the next few

months.

 

MAN LAN, as the "Manhattan Landing" exchange point is known, has been

established at NYSERNet's co-location space in The Hub at 32 Sixth in

downtown Manhattan where many large communications carriers are present.

Indiana University's Global NOC(R) will manage the daily operation of

MAN LAN. With over 15 gigabits per second (Gbps) of trans-Atlantic

connections serving the research and education community, New York is a

key location for international research and education networking.

 

The exchange point is built on gigabit Ethernet technology, providing 1

and 10 Gbps connections to research and education networks. Internet2’s

Abilene network is connected at 10 Gbps, GEANT has two 1 Gbps

connections and HEANet is connected at 1 Gbps. CA*net 4 expects to

connect with two 1 Gbps connections and NYSERNet plans to connect at 10 Gbps.

 

MAN LAN builds on the expertise and success of other international

exchange points such as StarLight in Chicago, Illinois

(http://www.startap.net/starlight/); Pacific Wave in Seattle

(http://pacificwave.net/) and AMPATH in Miami, Florida

(http://www.ampath.fiu.edu/) that have been established and are operated

by Internet2 members.

 

For more information about MAN LAN, see: http://international.internet2.edu/intl_connect/manlan/

 

About Internet2(R)

Led by over 200 U.S. universities, working with industry and government,

Internet2 is developing and deploying advanced network applications and

technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the

creation of tomorrow's Internet. Internet2 recreates the partnerships

among academia, industry, and government that helped foster today's

Internet in its infancy. For more information about Internet2, see: http://www.internet2.edu/

 

About NYSERNet

NYSERNet is a not-for-profit organization that serves New York State

educational and research institutions by facilitating member

organizations’ use of advanced network services.  The services include a

dedicated New York State Research Network, access to national and

international research networks and cost effective access to high speed

commodity Internet services.  Founded in 1985, NYSERNet was among the

first organizations in the nation to deploy Internet services statewide

and is one of the country’s original regional networks established to

support research nationally.  More information about NYSERNet can be

found at www.nysernet.org.

 

About the Global NOC(R)

The Global Research Network Operations Center (Global NOC) at Indiana

University manages the international network connections from advanced

research and education networks in the Asia/Pacific, Europe, and South

America to the Science Technology and Research Transit Access Point

(STAR TAP) and the leading US high performance research and education

networks such as Abilene (an Internet2 backbone network), the NSF's very

high performance Backbone Network System (vBNS) and the Department of

Energy's ESNET. For more information, visit http://globalnoc.iu.edu/.

 

Contacts:

Indiana University

Gregory Moore

gmoore@indiana.edu

+1-812-855-0429

 

Internet2

Greg Wood

ghwood@internet2.edu

+1-202-331-5360

 

NYSERNet

Jim Brennan

jbrennan@nysernet.org

+1-518-283-3584 ext 25

 

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