October 19, 2001
Abilene Network Expands Beyond Research Universities
Abilene, the high-speed network backbone built for the Internet2 project by the nation's largest research universities, is being opened up to thousands of colleges, libraries, museums, and public schools.
A maturing of high-speed technologies played a part in the policy change. Until recently, the large universities that created Abilene were reluctant to open the network beyond the membership of the Internet2 consortium, says Jeff Og-den, the associate director for high-performance
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