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FRGP review

The Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) and Western Regional Network (WRN) collaborate to provide high-speed networking services for research, education, and inter-regional connectivity. This partnership supports academic, economic development, and shared network services among multiple states in the Western region.

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FRGP review

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  1. FRGP review State of Colorado 14-Aug-2012 Jeff Custard

  2. Acronym soup • University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR; http://www.ucar.edu) • National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) • Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) • UCAR Point of Presence (UPoP) • Bi-State Optical Network (BiSON) • Questions and discussions throughout please – and as for acronym soup ingredients, please ask if I miss one or check a decoder page at http://bit.ly/acronym-soup

  3. Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) • 12 Members • http://www.frgp.net • Over 12 years of operation by UCAR Network Engineering and Telecommunications Section (NETS)

  4. FRGP members • Colorado School of Mines • Colorado State University System • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA-Boulder) • State of Colorado • United States Antarctic Program • University Corporation for Atmospheric Research • University NAVSTAR Consortium (UNAVCO) • University of Colorado Boulder • University of Colorado Colorado Springs • University of Colorado Denver • University of Denver • University of Northern Colorado • University of Wyoming

  5. Secondaries • Aggregation of smaller entities behind FRGP primary members • UCAR Point of Presence (UPoP example)

  6. Regionals • Who we are • What we do • Why we’re different • Reference the FRGP one-pager

  7. Value proposition • On-net access to regional research and education, government, and non-profit resources • Peering • Redundant Commodity feeds • Full circuit connection (only commodity rate limited currently) • Shared costs - collaboration that helps everyone get more collectively

  8. FRGP and WRN • Western Regional Network (WRN): a multi-state partnership to ensure robust, advanced, high-speed networking availability for research, education, and related uses through the sharing of network services • Expansion and sharing of network services in support of advanced research and operations • Support of academic, economic development, and inter-regional services

  9. WRN members • Pacific Northwest GigaPop (PNWGP) • Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) • The University of New Mexico (on behalf of the State of New Mexico) • Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) • University of Hawaii • http://westernregional.net/

  10. WRN states • Increased potential for shared applications among communities across the west—networking services to the following states: • Alaska • California • Colorado • Hawaii • Idaho • Montana • Nevada • New Mexico • Washington • Oregon • Wyoming

  11. WRN for FRGP • Intra-region peering • NLR and Internet2 services shared and backed-up • Back each other up • Efficient and cost-effective TR/CPS

  12. The Quilt, Inc. • www.thequilt.net • Working groups and coordination on several strategic planning efforts including • BTOP • Telepresence • Above the net services • Advocacy • Cloud services • Digital/learning repositories • Federated identity • StateNets group now integrated

  13. Internet2 • Seven focus areas • Advanced networkandnetworkservices leadership • Services at scale • Services'abovethe network’ • U.S. UCAN • National/regional collaboration • Global reachandleadership • Research communitydevelopmentandengagement • Industry partnershipdevelopment and engagement

  14. SEGP updates • Intended to allow expanded access to the Internet2 network for regional education networks • through sponsorship by Internet2 university members • State and regional networks connect K-20 educational institutions • The program began in early 2001 andas of March 2012 there are 41 SEGPs • Colorado SEGP provides Internet2 services to all qualified FRGP and UPoP members and costs shared

  15. Internet2 • http://www.internet2.edu/network/ • http://www.internet2.edu/ • http://www.internet2.edu/network/cp/

  16. National LambdaRail (NLR) • http://www.nlr.net • New owner, CEO, and direction • http://www.forbes.com/sites/zinamoukheiber/2011/11/10/billionaire-patrick-soon-shiong-wants-to-remake-the-u-s-health-care-system/ • http://gigaom.com/cloud/fighting-cancer-at-100-gigabits-per-second/ • Class B Research and Education Collaboration (CBREC) – ongoing meetings • CENIC providing NOC services

  17. State stats review • Go over rate limits again • Stats page and explanation page • Commodity increase options/costs • 10G Google peering pending at 1850 Pearl first • 910 15th peering for backup potentially

  18. Discussion • Any follow up questions or feedback on items covered? • Other items? Thank you! Jeff Custard http://bit.ly/jcustard

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