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What is Internet2?Internet2 (I2) is a not-for-profit consortium of 170 plus universities and over 60 companies dedicated to developing the potential of the Internet. The consortium partners educational institutions, industry leaders, and government agencies to foster research and application of advanced networking technologies. Together they will develop the next generation of the Internet. A major component of Internet2 is the organizations and networks that serve to provide high-speed connections to their members. The University of Alabama is a founding member of the Gulf Central GigaPoP, an organization within The University of Alabama System that provides connections from its members to I2 and other high-speed networks. Internet2 traffic from the University also travels through the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) Southern Crossroads (SoX) in Atlanta. From SoX, traffic is routed to one of the two major Internet2 networks, Abilene or the vBNS. Which network to use is automatically determined according to the destination. For more information about the Internet2 project and The University of Alabama's connection to the high-speed network, see www.internet2.edu and internet2.ua.edu. |
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