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Join us at the SERENATE Operators Workshop in Amsterdam on November 8, 2002, to learn about GÉANT’s goals of Gigabit Connectivity, Geographic Expansion, and Guaranteed Quality of Service. Explore the future plans for Dual Stack IPv4/IPv6, Optical Options, and Traffic Management. Understand the development of prices for international bandwidth and discuss operator issues such as portfolio management and closing the digital divide.
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SERENATE Operators Workshop 8 November 2002 Victoria Hotel, Amsterdam Dai Davies General Manager : DANTE www.dante.net
GÉANT - The Goals • Gigabit Connectivity • Geographic Expansion • Guaranteed Quality of Service • Global Access
GÉANT Backbone Topology July 2002
Development of Prices for International Bandwidth (Logarithmic Scale)
GÉANT - Questions • Hybrid Networking • Quality of Service • Access Controls • Support for GRIDS
GÉANT - Future Plans • Dual Stack IPv4/IPv6 2003 • Optical Options • Traffic Management
Cost Balance CapacityRelative Cost SDH 3 GBps 45 DWDM 127 GBps 55 TOTAL 130 GBps 100
Operator Issues • Portfolio • Commercial Stability • Digital Divide
Portfolio • Today • Point to Point Connections • IP Service • 10 GBps • Tomorrow • Switched Lamdas • Dark Fibre • Gigabit Ethernet • 80 GBps