NWACC Interim Report October 5, 2006

North America R&E without NWACC

NWACC Sites Surveyed Washington –U of W Tacoma –Pacific Lutheran –Univ of Puget Sound –Evergreen State Coll. –Seattle Univ. –Seattle Pacific Univ. –West Wash. Univ. –Central Wash. Univ. –Eastern Wash. Univ. Washington cont. –WSU Pullman –WSU Tri Cities –WSU Spokane –Whitman College –PNNL –WSU Vancouver

Washington Sites

Seattle Campus Sites

NWACC Sites Surveyed Oregon –Portland Comm. Coll., Cascade –Portland Comm. Coll., Rock Creek –Portland Comm. Coll., Sylvania –Reed College –Pacific University –Lewis & Clark Coll. Oregon cont. –Clark College –University of Portland –Portland State Univ. –George Fox Univ. –Linfield College –Willammette Univ. –Oregon State Univ. –Oregon Health Science Univ.

Oregon Sites

Portland Campus Sites

NWACC Sites Surveyed Idaho –University of Idaho –Boise State University –Idaho State University –Idaho National Lab

Idaho Sites

Montana Sites

Long-Haul Carriers Surveyed AT&T Level 3 Communications WilTel 360 Networks SyringaNTIOnFiberQwestNOANET Port of Whitman

Metro Carriers AboveNet Looking Glass Networks Level 3 Metro WilTel Metro ELI/Columbia Fiber Net Noelcomm

Proposed Northern Tier Backbone

NWACC Fiber Backbone Routes

4-State Network w/ Hub Sites

NWACC Logical Backbone w/ Hub Sites