Beyond Tomorrow’s Internet

1. Beyond Tomorrow’s Internet University of Alaska Fairbanks March 23, 2006 Douglas Van Houweling President & CEO, Internet2

2. The Broadband Homeof Tomorrow

4. 0 10 20 30 20 Mbps SON and FRIENDSwatching on-demandHDTV nature show

5. DVR saving HDTV sportsevent for later viewing 0 10 20 30 20 Mbps

6. Family movies sharedwith UNCLE and AUNTacross the country. 0 10 20 30 6 Mbps

7. MOTHER consulting with DOCTOR andGRANDMOTHER via 3-way DVD-quality videoconferencing, Including real-time blood pressure and heart rate data 0 10 20 30 6 Mbps

8. FATHER working with COLLEAGUES viaDVD-quality videoconference and sharedvirtual whiteboard 0 10 20 30 6 Mbps

9. 0 10 20 30 6 Mbps DAUGHTER working on multimedia school project with her friends via IM and VoIP phone while surfing the Web and downloading legal video and music.

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12. Internet2’s Role • Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet • Research universities and scientific labs • State education networks • The commercial Internet

13. Internet2 - today • US-based membership organization • 207 US University members • 66 Corporate members • 47 Affiliate members • Including several US government research labs • 2 Association members • 46 International partnerships • Budget more than $25 million per year

14. Internet2 Universities207 University Members, December 2005

15. Coordinating Across Geographic Scales

16. Internet2 Network Infrastructure Overview • Campus • Regional Aggregation • Example: by US state, metropolitan region, multi-state region • National • Backbone network infrastructure

17. Internet2 Backbone Networks (“Abilene”) Network Infrastructure Visualized Commercial Internet Connections Research and Education Regional Network University B University C

18. Current Internet2 infrastructure 100 Mbps -10 Gbs Library University K20 School Museum University Library University K20 School NationwideNetwork Links Library K20 School Museum Museum

19. Abilene Backbone Network

20. Connecting to Abilene

21. State Higher Education Sponsored Networks • Connected: • More than half of all colleges and universities in the US connected • More than 1/3 of all K-12 schools • 1 in 5 libraries across the nation • Now substantially expanded with the reach into Alaska!

22. A map of NRENs Current MoU Partners Developing Partnerships Related Efforts in Formation

23. Last updated: Feb. 2006 77 Networks reachable via Abilene Europe-Middle East Asia-Pacific Americas Austria (ACOnet) Belgium (BELNET) Croatia (CARNet) Czech Rep. (CESNET) Cyprus (CYNET) Denmark (Forskningsnettet) Estonia (EENet) Finland (Funet) France (Renater) Germany (G-WIN) Greece (GRNET) Hungary (HUNGARNET) Iceland (RHnet) Ireland (HEAnet) Israel (IUCC) Italy (GARR) Jordan (JUNET) Latvia (LATNET) Lithuania (LITNET) Luxembourg (RESTENA) Malta (Univ. Malta) Netherlands (SURFnet) Norway (UNINETT) Palestinian Territories (Gov’t Computing Center) Poland (POL34) Portugal (RCTS2) Qatar (Qatar FN) Romania (RoEduNet)Russia (RBnet) Slovakia (SANET) Slovenia (ARNES) Spain (RedIRIS) Sweden (SUNET) Switzerland (SWITCH) Syria (HIAST) United Kingdom (JANET) Turkey (ULAKBYM) *CERN Australia (AARNET) China (CERNET, CSTNET, NSFCNET) Fiji (USP-SUVA) Hong Kong (HARNET) Japan (SINET, WIDE, JGN2) Korea (KOREN, KREONET2) New Zealand (NGI-NZ) Philippines (PREGINET) Singapore (SingAREN) Taiwan (TANet2, ASNet) Thailand (UNINET, ThaiSARN) Argentina (RETINA) Brazil (RNP2/ANSP) Canada (CA*net) Chile (REUNA) Costa Rica (CR2Net) Mexico (Red-CUDI)Panama (RedCyT) Peru (RAAP) Uruguay (RAU2) Venezuela (REACCIUN2) Africa Central Asia Algeria (CERIST) Egypt (EUN/ENSTIN) Morocco (CNRST) Tunisia (RFR) South Africa (TENET) Armenia (ARENA) Georgia (GRENA) Kazakhstan (KAZRENA) Tajikistan (TARENA) Uzbekistan (UZSCI) More information at http://abilene.internet2.edu/peernetworks/international.html

24. Today’s Internet2Networking and Applications

25. Fine Arts Rehearsal and Performance

26. Health Science Research and Instruction

27. Weather Prediction and Disaster Recovery Images courtesy of NOAA

28. Collaboration and Communication

29. What We Have Learned • Bandwidth • Symmetry • Neutrality • Global Competitiveness

30. Bandwidth • The applications we use today require up to 100 megabits/second • Today’s local infrastructure is capable of speeds above 10 megabits/second • Special challenges exist for rural communities

31. Symmetry Collaboration and content creation Enabling new content creation opportunities • FTP vs. BitTorrent • “Big Web” vs. Blogging • Streaming Audio vs. Podcasting • Apple iTMS video vs. Grouper.com • Opens up distributed enterprise

32. Network Neutrality • Today’s technology allows high bandwidth to the home and small business • Internet2 experience: Simple and inexpensive, not complex and expensive! • Innovation • Critical for higher education

33. Global Competitiveness • Other nations are out-investing us and doing it with a national strategy • If the US doesn’t invest, we will be followers, not leaders • Our geographic diversity requires investment to harness the productivity of all our people

34. Foundation for New Services Community-owned optical networking infrastructure Diversity Cost-effectiveness National LambdaRail FiberCo

35. Owning the infrastructure • Campus, regional and national networks moving away from buying telecommunications services to “owning” the assets • Campus – laying fiber on campus and between campuses in metro area • Regional networks – buying, laying and long-term leasing “dark” fiber to build networks • National – National Lambda Rail 20-year IRU on dark fiber; lit with NLR-owned equipment

37. Deploying and Testing

38. The Future for Alaska • Extend fiber-based networking to Alaska higher education • Work with government & industry • Deploy higher bandwidth connectivity intra-state • New technologies will be required • An opportunity for Alaskan leadership globally • Ensure that the commercial network is capable of real broadband

39. Questions? • Find us at www.internet2.edu