Cudi update May 6, 2002 Arlington Virginia
What is Cudi Cudi is the Mexican education and research network It is organized as a non profit corporation of universities and research centers, created in April 1999
Developments during the past year Increase in membership New domestic connectivity options New international connectivity options Applications development
Increase in membership 15 Academic Associates (Major universities that jointly share network costs) Have reached 9 Corporate Associates Have a total of 68 universities that can use the network (an increase of 126% from a year ago)
Current state of the Backbone (4,000 Kms of STM1 links donated by TELMEX) México Guadalajara Monterrey Tijuana TO USA 155Mb/s Cd Juárez
Affiliates nodes New connectivity options for members Access Nodes (Associates) BACKBONE MéxicoGuadalajara Monterrey Tijuana VPN 2Mb/s ATM ATM +IP IP
Affiliates nodes Shared VPN links for I2 and Commodity Internet Access Nodes (Associates) BACKBONE MéxicoGuadalajara Monterrey Tijuana VPN 2Mb/s ATM ATM +IP IP COMMODITY INTERNET
Competition for the University market and Avantel As Universities have started to request connectivity to the CUDI network, access to the backbone has become a critical market demand Other carriers have requested access to the backbone in order to compete for the university market Telmex has accepted interconnection of other carriers if they make an equivalent contribution to CUDI
The new Avantel offering 4,000 additional kilometers of STM1 backbone 18 connection points A STM1 link to vBNS in Houston
The new Avantel offering… México Guadalajara Monterrey Tijuana TO USA MERIDA CAMPECHE VILLAHERMOSA VERACRUZ JALAPA POZA RICATULA PACHUCA REYNOSA TO HOUSTON vBNS SALTILLO ZACATECAS AGUASCALIENTES LEON GUANAJUATO QUERETARO 155Mb/s
CANCUN México Guadalajara Monterrey Tijuana TO USA 155Mb/s Cd Juárez MERIDA CAMPECHE VILLAHERMOSA VERACRUZ JALAPA POZA RICATULA PACHUCA REYNOSA TO HOUSTON vBNS SALTILLO ZACATECAS AGUASCALIENTES LEON GUANAJUATO QUERETARO 155Mb/s The joint backbones…
Potential to link many new institutions The Avantel nodes passes near 120 university campuses located in second tier cities
TIJUANA UCSD (CALIFORNIA) STM - 1 UACJ UTEP(TEXAS) 100 Mb/s International connectivity
Tijuana - San Diego (155 Mbps ATM based link) FIBRA OPTICA CABLEMAS NODO TIJUANA COX SDSCC UCSD USA MEXICO CENIC CUDI
Cd. Juárez - El Paso (100 Mbps radio link) NODO UACJ NODO UTEP USA MÉXICO ABILENE CUDI
New international connectivity options Upgrading the Tijuana-San Diego link to adapt to GigEthernet migration requirements Working on dark fiber project for the Ciudad Juárez-El Paso link The Avantel link into Houston will provide connectivity to vBNS
Interest in strengthening links to Europe, Central America and South America CENTRAL AMERICA EUROPE
Widespread videoconferencing Broadband multimedia educational content on line e-Health project Applications are emerging as many universities and research centers start to connect…