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WaveCo Services from Internet2:

Circuits across Internet2 Network node locations can be flexible in bandwidth and duration. For

example, if a member organization needed a dedicated circuit to meet the application

requirements of a bandwidth intensive, long term experiment, WaveCo can quickly turn up

capacity. Circuits can be provisioned as whole waves or based on standard SONET bandwidth

increments up to 10 Gbps.

WaveCo's Internet2 circuit services are:

1.

Set up by the Internet2 Network Operations Center

2.

Ranging in bandwidths from 50 Mbps to a full 10 Gbps wave or multiple 10 Gbps waves

3.

Ordered for a period of weeks up to years

4.

Reserved up to one year in advance

5.

Based on a fee for service that is based on distance, bandwidth, duration, and protection

scheme

WaveCo's Internet2 circuit services may be purchased by:

1.

Internet2 Network Connectors

2.

Internet2 members

3.

Peers

WaveCo Services from a Provider:

With availability anywhere on the Level 3 network, WaveCo provider-based circuits reach

beyond the Internet2 Network. WaveCo has secured the cost advantage of national-scale

aggregated rates from Level 3, which is especially beneficial for regional networks that wish to

extend their reach were a dark fiber solution is unavailable, too expensive, or operationally

impractical.

Level 3 is significantly expanding its presence in Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets. Correspondingly,

WaveCo coverage is growing, providing regional research and education networks access to

locations they couldn't previously reach, particularly in metropolitan areas.

WaveCo's Level 3 circuit services are:

1.

Offered to Internet2 members at the best competitive rates

2.

Digital and optical circuits anywhere on Level 3's network footprint

WaveCo's Level 3 circuit services may be purchased by:

1.

Internet2 research and education members and their partners

Internet2 WaveCo and FiberCo:

Internet2 WaveCo complements the successful model of the Internet2 FiberCo service, which

provides the research and education community the ability to cost-effectively purchase dedicated

dark fiber on a nationwide scale. By providing dedicated circuits, as well as fiber, Internet2

enables a wide variety of bandwidth-intensive applications under development at member

campuses and research labs today.

Network Performance Measurement and Monitoring:

Internet2 is a founder and leader in the perfSONAR consortium, an international partnership

between Internet2, ESnet, GEANT2, and RNP to develop common standards for performance

measurement frameworks and interoperable implementations of such frameworks. perfSONAR is

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