Innovating the commodity Internet Update to CENIC 14-Mar-2007

Internet2’s Internet Connection AUP has always permitted transit of advanced services (e.g. IPv6 and IP Multicast) between Internet2 and the commodity Internet Since 2000 Internet2 has maintained a connection to the MIX (Multicast Internet Exchange) at NASA Ames, for the purpose of IPv4 Multicast peering with commercial ISPs In addition, Internet2 has purchased modest IPv6 transit capacity from Global Crossing via PAIX Palo Alto

Expanded Internet Connectivity Upgrading PAIX Palo Alto from a 300Mb/s, to 10GE Connected to Equinix Chicago at 10GE Connecting to Seattle Internet Exchange at 1GE Planning for Equinix Ashburn Planning additional opportunistic private peerings

Benefit to R&E Community Platform to directly connect to content providers and traditional ISPs via IPv6 and IP Multicast –Enabling advanced delivery of content –Promoting adoption of IPv6 in the US (currently lagging behind Europe and Asia) –Position Internet2 members and connectors as leaders in the delivery of advanced content Commercial IPv6 and IP Multicast connectivity will flow directly over the R&E network service, not the peering service.

Benefit to R&E Community IPv4 Settlement-Free Peering Service (aka commercial peering) –Net neutral connection between content providers and ISPs and Internet2 members –Cost effective access to commodity Internet 30% commodity savings with today’s Beta with potential to grow to over 50% as the service matures –Network researchers gaining access to routing infrastructure carrying large and dynamic routing tables (current beta has over 47,000 routes, compared to Abilene’s normal 8,000)

Leveraging Existing Resource Using the Juniper T640 routers –Ability to have multiple virtual networks, with large routing tables, without compromising performance or stability –Best in class traffic engineering, filtering, and performance monitoring The IU Global NOC –World class 7 * 24 * 365 operations –Proven record - responsive Using the new Internet2 network backbone –Ability to deploy additional waves to accommodate growth (keeping R&E waves un-congested)

Current Status Beta Sites –Indiana GigaPoP –NOX –University of Texas –Oregon (in process)

Current Status Peering Beta Traffic Levels UT Austin Peering Traffic