April 28, 2006

Merger of High-Speed Networks Is on Hold as 2 Consortia Break Off Talks

By VINCENT KIERNAN

Merger talks between Internet2 and National LambdaRail, two consortia that run high-speed computer networks for scholars, have broken down over unspecified governance issues. The two groups had planned to join their networks to create a single high-speed network for scholarly use.

But the proposal may not yet be dead: One side is trying to lure the other back to the negotiating table.

The two organizations had been trying since July to iron out the details of a merger. But

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