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PNWGP Circular, September 2003

OC-192 Abilene Backbone Connection to Pacific Northwest Completed
Pacific Wave Welcomes SingAREN and GEMnet
Comotiv Systems Joins Portland Research and Education Network
10GbE Connections to Pacific Wave Now Available
TransPacific High Definition Streaming Demo for APAN Busan Meeting
Internet2 Fall Member Meeting in Indianapolis October 2003

Current PNWGP and Pacific Wave Participants

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Amy PhilipsonPacific Wave, APAN
PNWGP Circular, September 2002

PRICE REDUCTION ON COMMODITY INTERNET SERVICES
PNWGP UPGRADES COMMODITY INTERNET CIRCUITS
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SETS INTERNET2 LAND SPEED RECORD
PACIFIC WAVE JOINS APAN
PACIFIC WAVE AND IPv6
NEW INTERNET ROUTING REGISTRY POLICY IN EFFECT OCTOBER 1
PNWGP EXPANDS PEERING RELATIONSHIPS
INTERNET2 FALL MEMBER MEETING IN LOS ANGELES OCTOBER 2002
CURRENT PNWGP AND PACIFIC WAVE PARTICIPANTS

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New Intercontinental Internet Performance Records Set in Internet2 Land Speed Record Competition

An international team set a new record for Internet performance by transferring the equivalent of an entire compact disc's contents across more than 7608 miles (12,272 km) of network in 13 seconds. The rate of 401 megabits per second achieved in transferring 625 megabytes of data from Fairbanks, Alaska to Amsterdam in the Netherlands is over 8000 times greater than the fastest dial-up modem.

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Worldwide Next Generation Internet to be Established for Reasearch and Education

Key leaders in advanced networking announced today the formation of the Global Terabit Research Network (GTRN) - an international partnership to establish a true worldwide next generation Internet to interconnect national and multinational high-speed research and education networks. The partnership initially involves North America through Internet2 in the US and CANARIE in Canada, and Europe through the NREN Consortium. Participation of the Asia Pacific and other regions is expected soon.

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Cell Systems Initiative Develops I2 Application

Under the leadership of Bob Franza, Cell Systems Initiative has taken the first steps in enabling biology to make the conceptual leap from describing the cell to understanding how a living system works. Franza believes that to do this, scientists will need three things: a specialized language for biological systems, a new array of tools, and the means for extensive collaboration. Future biologists will need to enter the field with experience in these areas, and so CSI has embarked upon an educational initiative that will create a virtual space to bridge the gap between the activities of the research laboratory and the science classroom.

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Amy PhilipsonInternet2
PNWGP Circular, December 2001

TRANSIT SERVICE PRICING CHANGES
TRANSPAC AND TANET2 JOIN PACIFIC WAVE
CELL SYSTEMS INITIATIVE DEVELOPS I2 APPLICATION
AARNET BIO-MIRROR COMES TO LIFE
PNWGP UPGRADES COMMODITY INTERNET CIRCUITS
CURRENT PNWGP AND PACIFIC WAVE PARTICIPANTS

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Amy Philipson
First Uncompressed Real-time Gigabit HDTV Transmission Across Wide Area IP Network Made Possible by Tektronix, University of Washington, USC/ISI and Level 3

Working in collaboration with the University of Washington, the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI) and Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:LVLT), Tektronix, Inc. (NYSE:TEK), a market leader in video and telecommunications test equipment, last night successfully demonstrated the first transmission of uncompressed real-time gigabit high-definition television (HDTV) signals over an Internet Protocol (IP) optical network. The demonstration was conducted as part of SuperComputing 2001 at the National Coordination Office for Information Technology Research and Development booth.

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Amy PhilipsonResearchChannel
National Laboratory Enhances Research Network Connections

Today the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has expanded its network connectivity by provisioning an OC-3 (155Mbps) circuit into the Pacific Northwest Gigapop (PNWGP). This strategic connection will provide direct and efficient high bandwidth access among PNNL and the major research and development entities throughout the Pacific Northwest including the University of Washington, Oregon Health Sciences Center, and the Universities of Alaska, Montana, Idaho, and Montana State.

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Amy PhilipsonESnet
Pacific Northwest Gigapop Introduces Pacific Wave International Peering Services

The Pacific Northwest Gigapop has expanded and renamed its regional peering service, formerly called Seattle-Network-to-Network Access Point, or SNNAP. The expanded peering services will now be offered under the name Pacific Wave. Pacific Wave will continue to include peering services for entities within the Pacific Northwest, but has expanded its offering to include research and education networks from throughout the Pacific Rim and beyond.

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Fiber Optic Based Research & Education Network Now Spans the Pacific

Collaboration among researchers and students "down under" with those in North America took a giant leap forward today as AARNet (the Australian Academic and Research Network) activated its transpacific optical fiber connection to the Pacific Northwest Gigapop (PNWGP) at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Pacific Northwest Gigapop is a primary interconnection point for advanced research and education networks in Canada, the U.S., and now the Pacific Rim.

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