June 23, 2006

Internet2 Picks New Contractor to Build Network

By VINCENT KIERNAN

The Internet2 high-speed networking consortium announced last week that its new nationwide fiber-optic network would be built by Level 3 Communications and will be operational in about a year.

Earlier this year, Internet2 decided not to renew a contract with the telecommunications company Qwest to lease high-speed lines for use in Abilene, a conventional network. The contract will be allowed to expire in 2007.

The new network, which has the working name of NewNet, would be a

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