National LambdaRail/ Florida LambdaRail

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

2. 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. 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. 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. 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) NLR Participants

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. 15808 Terminal 15808 OADM 15808 Regen Fiber route Leased waves NLR footprint and physical layer topology SEA POR BOI BOS NYC CHI OGD CLE DEN SVL PIT WDC KAN RAL NAS STR LAX PHO MEM ATL SAN OLG DAL JAC 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).

8. 15808 Terminal 15808 OADM 15808 Regen Fiber route Leased waves NLR footprint and physical layer topology – Phase 1 SEA POR BOI CHI OGD CLE DEN SVL PIT WDC KAN RAL LAX ATL SAN JAC 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. NLR Partners and Costs • NLR technology partners • Cisco Systems (electronics/optronics) • Level 3 (fiber) • ~$80 M over 5 Years

10. 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. 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. One FLR Build Out Option

13. 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!

14. Questions? www.flrnet.org www.nationallambdarail.org