1. Gigapop Transport Options
Virtual Internet2 Member Meeting
October 4, 2001
Steve Corbató
Director of Backbone Network Infrastructure
This is a general overview presentation about Internet2. Internet2 is a consortium, led by US universities, which is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today’s Internet in its infancy.

2. Ground rules for this BoF
Remember to mute (H.323 etiquette)
Speakers should reference slides
Q&A protocol (1st two OOB methods preferred):
Yahoo! IM: linda_charlesworth
to:
H.323 ‘full-duplex’

3. Gigapop Transport Options: Topics for future discussion
RoW, conduit, dark & dim fiber, ’s
IRU arrangements
Optical technologies
DWDM: muxes, amps, regenerators; optical switching
DWDM interoperability (or lack thereof…)
10 Gigabit Ethernet vs. OC-192c SONET
LAN PHY vs. WAN PHY
Strategic carrier hotel development
Network resiliency considerations
Colocation for interconnection & peering
not just data centers

4. Today’s agenda – 3-4p Presenters (10-12 minutes each)
Linda Winkler, Argonne & I-WIRE
David Devereaux-Weber, Wisconsin
Tony Conto, UMd/MAX &
Scott MacCloy, Qwest
Doug Gale, OARnet
Q&A and open discussion (~10 minutes)