INTERNET2 ESTABLISHES NEW
ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT REGIONAL FIBER OPTICAL
NETWORKING INITIATIVES
established the National Research and
Education Fiber Company (Fiberco)
to support regional fiber
optical networking initiatives dedicated to
research and higher education.
Fiberco supports the Internet2
community's goals of developing and
deploying advanced network
applications and technologies, and
complements existing Internet2 network
infrastructure by providing a
means for acquiring, holding, and
distributing fiber optic network
assets. Fiberco
helps Internet2 meet a critical objective by
facilitating the ongoing development of
regional optical networking
initiatives around the country.
The assets allocated by Fiberco are expected to enable testing of a wide
variety of highly advanced network
applications, including uncompressed
high-definition television
quality video, remote control of scientific
instruments such as mountaintop
telescopes and electron microscopes,
collaboration using immersive virtual
reality, and grid computing.
Fiberco's initial assets include over
2,600 miles of dark fiber acquired
from Level 3 Communications,
Inc. Questions concerning Fiberco may be
directed via e-mail to
fiberco@internet2.edu.
About Internet2(R)
Led by over 200
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/
Contact:
Internet2
Greg Wood
ghwood@internet2.edu
+1-202-331-5360
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