The Internet2 high-speed networking consortium has formally awarded a contract to Level 3 Communications to build a national fiber-optic network for higher education, the consortium announced today.
Internet2 previously had announced its intention of working with Level 3 on the project, which has the working name Newnet. The network is scheduled to start operating by late next year, when Internet2’s leases on high-speed lines used in its current network, Abilene, expire. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. —Vincent Kiernan
