Internet2 Plans an Improved Version of Its Academic High-Speed Network

Leaders of the Internet2 academic-computing consortium unveiled plans last week for a new national academic fiber-optic network that would become operational in about 18 months.

The new network would replace Internet2's Abilene high-speed network, upon which many colleges depend for both research and day-to-day networking needs. And it would provide researchers with massive amounts of extra bandwidth at a moment's notice.

Douglas E. Van Houweling, president of Internet2, said in

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