1. NWACC Interim Report October 5, 2006

2. North America R&E without NWACC

3. 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

4. Washington Sites

5. Seattle Campus Sites

6. 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.

7. Oregon Sites

8. Portland Campus Sites

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

10. Idaho Sites

11. Montana Sites

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

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

14. Proposed Northern Tier Backbone

15. NWACC Fiber Backbone Routes

16. 4-State Network w/ Hub Sites

17. NWACC Logical Backbone w/ Hub Sites