1. National LambdaRail/ Florida LambdaRail Larry Conrad Associate VP and CIO, FSU Board Chair, Florida LambdaRail, LLC

2. October 29, 20032 Network Drivers & Motivations Improve networking costs…”disruptive pricing!” Control of our networking destiny Flexibility in responding to future needs Responsiveness to the needs of higher ed Innovation and support for corporate research partners End-to-End networking Eliminate “place” as an issue for collaboration

3. October 29, 20033 Why Fiber? Capacity needed is not otherwise affordable Capabilities needed are not available Cheaper in the long range Provides leverage with the telco carriers Insurance against monopoly behavior Stable and predictable anchor points Higher Ed can’t be held hostage to what industry thinks the market wants

4. October 29, 20034 National Lambda Rail Sparse dark fiber National footprint Serves very high-end Experimental and Research Applications 4 - 10Gb Wavelengths (or “waves”) initially Capable of 40 10Gb wavelengths at build out Leverage industry shakeout: distressed vendors are very interested in selling a National footprint Disruptive pricing Partnership model

5. October 29, 20035 NLR Participants Equity owners: –CENIC (CA) –PNWGP (U of WA) –Internet2 –Virginia Tech –Duke –Georgia Tech –Florida LambdaRail –CIC Group—Big 10 (IU lead) Other: –Carnegie Mellon/PSC (purchase services) –NCAR/UCAR—CO (potential) –Texas Group (potential, UT Austin lead) –New Mexico (potential)

6. NLR Goals and Uses Research! (including Network Research) Experimentation in networking and in education Education Academic Medical Center driven Clinical activities Development & implementation of network & computing technologies not otherwise likely to be generally available commercially as early as needed in R&E.

7. October 29, 20037 NLR footprint and physical layer topology 15808 Terminal 15808 OADM 15808 Regen Fiber route Leased waves Note: California (SAN-LAX-SVL) routes shown are part of CalREN; NLR is adding waves to CalREN systems. Also the CENIC SVL- Sacramento (SAC) ELH route will become part of NLR SVL-SEA in exchange for a SVL-SAC LH route NLR is building (not shown here). ATL POR RAL MEM NAS PHO OLG CHI CLE KAN OGD BOS NYC WDC STR DAL DEN LAX SVL SEA SAN PIT JAC BOI

8. October 29, 20038 NLR footprint and physical layer topology – Phase 1 ATL POR RAL CHI CLE KAN OGD WDC DEN LAX SVL SEA SAN PIT JAC BOI 15808 Terminal 15808 OADM 15808 Regen Fiber route Leased waves Note: California (SAN-LAX-SVL) routes shown are part of CalREN; NLR is adding waves to CalREN systems. Also the CENIC SVL- Sacramento (SAC) ELH route will become part of NLR SVL-SEA in exchange for a SVL-SAC LH route NLR is building (not shown here).

9. October 29, 20039 NLR Partners and Costs NLR technology partners –Cisco Systems (electronics/optronics) –Level 3 (fiber) ~$80 M over 5 Years

10. October 29, 200310 FLR: The NLR Build Out In Florida NLR build out in FL: FLR, Florida LambdaRail FLR equity participants are all public corporation or 501(c)(3) entities Current members: FAU, FIT, FIU, FSU, Nova SE, UF, U of Miami, UCF, UWF Expect FLR build out to be in the $20M range over the next 5 years FLR is a LLC with plans to seek 501(c)(3) status

11. October 29, 200311 FLR Goals and Uses: NLR connectivity Build a high-speed FL network for education and research Put FL universities on an equal footing with the best research institutions in the nation Commodity ISP aggregation Internet2 aggregation Potential for corporate partnerships and economic development

12. October 29, 200312 One FLR Build Out Option

13. October 29, 200313 In Summary… Many details yet to be worked out, e.g., Expect members will provide connection to other entities Will provide at least a 100-fold improvement in network speed! …which will fundamentally redefine our ability to collaborate and compete!

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