In fact it has celebrated its 19th birthday this year.
The Internet2 backbone is an Infinera-based optical web link that delivers up to 400Gbps of wavelength capacity.
The connection is operated in partnership with Level 3 Communications.
And Juniper routers are used to create multiple 10 Gigabit Ethernet links between nine core nodes around the country.
Internet2 can provide downstreaming speeds ranging from 10G to 100Gbps.
Internet2 is also the link between the U.S. and the global research community.
Internet2 is growing a faster clip ever since it invited private corporations on board.
However, as of now all this is for research, higher education and healthcare.
source: www.techworm.net
