Albuquerque GigaPoP at a Glance Henrietta Vigil, Program Specialist Ed May, Senior Network Engineer

What is a GigaPop? A “GigaPoP” is a network access point that support data transfer rates of at least 1Gbps. GigaPoP is short for gigabit Point of Presence. Aggregate local to exchange peer gigaPoPs.

UNM/ABQG Vision To offer New Mexicans access to high quality education, research, service programs, and economic development opportunities. To serve as a significant knowledge resource for New Mexico, the nation and the world.

What is ABQG? Non-profit initiative owned and operated by UNM established in 2007; 1of 35 research and education networks in the US; now 57; 1 of the 13 founding members of the NLR; Serves as an aggregation point for local networks; education & research institutes; non-profit entities; and commercial ISP Facilitate and build network interconnection; Provide internet services for unserved and underserved communities Is a high-speed and high-volume bandwidth to support work in…

NLR Service Map by PoP

What are we interested in doing? Developing Collaborations & Sharing Large Bandwidth Pipes

Collaborators

ABQG Services Internet Service Local Peering Co-location Port Activation Cache Services – Google, Netflix Internet2 – Research & Education E-Rate Network Consulting Service Network Monitoring

What does ABQG do? low cost Commodity Internet and access to high speed research networks aggregation points for Statewide benefits technical outreach programs Create an environment for future network growth Enable value-added services to rural areas Maintain robust research networks statewide

High Speed and Low Cost These terms are relative On Campus some have10Gb/s shared, with a 1Gb/s connection at the desktop, some with shared 1Gb/s, or even a few with 100Mb/s shared. 50Mb/s download from Comcast at home for $99.99 per month, if you are lucky. About $2 per Megabit

You would be lucky to see this…

From On-Campus Network

Low Cost Commodity Internet

High Speed Research Nets

State and Regional Aggregation Shared Connectivity 10Gb/s Level3 10Gb/s Centurylink 10Gb/s Internet2 10Gb/s CENIC x2 primary and backup 10Gb/s CalRen x2 primary and backup

Aggregation Point

Shared Internet and Research Network Costs and Statewide Aggregation

Technical Outreach Weekly statewide conference call with Universities and Colleges NMTIE participation and presentations Specialized training Engineering “ear time” ITTH, Heritage consortiums Cerelink Dreamworks/Sony Research Park/Innovate Albuquerque

Create an environment for future network growth Campus Connectivity How fast can we go? Security? Intrusion Prevention? Regional Connectivity Is this a bottleneck? Where do we connect?

Value Add to Rural NM GigaPoP in state Google Global Cache Netflix Cache National Research Network connections Educational focus Lower Cost bandwidth for Education Trade of services for Educational connections

Contact Information Henrietta Vigil – Program Specialist hvigil01@unm.edu Ed May –Senior Network Engineer emay@unm.edu HELP DESK: 277-5757 Or help@unm.edu

The Possibilities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcV _gcsX2vI Expanding Broadband Access to Rural NM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_tX wr9Za_0 NSF – Big Data,