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IP: INTERNET II GETS THE GREEN LIGHT (Edupage)
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 06:28:36 -0400
[ You may be interested in my memo on this -- Internet II -- a set of questions -- see http://macpond.cis.upenn.edu/internetii.htm Visit the rest of the site at http://macpond.cis.upenn.edu if you have time Dave ] Computing officials at 34 research universities have agreed to work together to build Internet II, a nationwide computing network that will operate at speeds several times faster than today's Internet. The universities have pledged to create a new organization, financed by membership fees, which will help to fund the effort. Partners in the effort will include computer and telecommunications companies, in addition to the higher education community. The new network will be used only for communications between the campuses that choose to participate -- all messages heading toward other locations will still use the Internet. Educom VP Mike Roberts notes that the plan calls for involving as many corporate partners as possible: "The challenge here is not to invent it, but to integrate it." He adds that Internet II would solve the current "chicken-and-egg" problem, where the telecommunications companies are reluctant to invest in the next generation of network technology until there is a critical mass of potential users. (Chronicle of Higher Education 11 Oct 96 A29)
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