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PACIFIC NORTHWEST GIGAPOP INTRODUCES PACIFIC WAVE INTERNATIONAL PEERING 
SERVICES

Seattle, Washington, USA - October 1, 2001 - 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.

"The Pacific Northwest Gigapop was established in part to support 
state-of-the-art networking infrastructure that would unite researchers 
and educators in the Internet2 effort. The Pacific Wave service extends 
this mission to entities beyond the United States by providing a 
convenient, cost-effective, peering service," said Ron Johnson, Vice 
President and Vice Provost of the University of Washington. (The 
University of Washington is the founder of the Pacific Northwest Gigapop.)

"When looking at the Pacific Wave service, AARNet (Australian Academic & 
Research Network) recognized a desirable congruence of an 
easily-accessible carrier-class facility near the western U.S. coast, 
high-bandwidth peering access to the Internet2 Abilene network, as well 
as access to several U.S. Federal networks and the Canadian research and 
education network, CANet*3. In addition, the peering infrastructure will 
support our multicast needs and enable us to more efficiently stream 
media between Australia and our peering partners," said George 
McLaughlin Executive Director of AARNET.

"We are pleased that Pacific Wave is offering an effective option for 
research and education networks around the Pacific Rim to connect to 
members of the Internet2 community in the United States and beyond," 
said Heather Boyles, director of international relations for Internet2. 
"Pacific Wave is yet another example of how Internet2 member 
institutions are making important contributions to the rest of the 
Internet2 membership by facilitating high performance international 
connectivity with research and education institutions around the world."

Pacific Wave looks forward to the addition of two more Pacific Rim 
research and education networks in the next few weeks.

In addition to those already mentioned, other peering partners of 
Pacific Wave include Energy Sciences Network (ESNet), Defense and 
Research Engineering Network (DREN), CANet*3, Microsoft Corporation, and 
AT&T @Home.

About Pacific Wave
Pacific Wave is a peering service of the Pacific Northwest Gigapop. 
Located in an internationally-recognized carrier facility in downtown 
Seattle, Washington, USA, Pacific Wave supports peering among 
international and national networks as well as among organizations 
throughout the Pacific Northwest. Participants connect to the Pacific 
Wave peering switches at either dual gigabit ethernet or dual fast 
ethernet. At this time, the redundant Pacific Wave switches have a 
switching capacity of 128Gbps. While each Pacific Wave participant will 
peer with the Pacific Northwest Gigapop and its affiliated networks, all 
other bilateral peerings through Pacific Wave are self-selected and 
implemented by the peering participants directly.

About Pacific Northwest Gigapop (PNWGP)
Pacific Northwest Gigapop is the Northwest's Next Generation Internet, 
Internet2/Abilene applications cooperative, testbed, and point of 
presence. PNWGP connects together high-performance international and 
federal research networks with universities, research organizations, and 
leading-edge r&d and new-media enterprises throughout Washington, 
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Canada, and Australia.

About the University of Washington
The University of Washington is one of the world's top research 
universities. Perennially among the top 3 American institutions in 
peer-reviewed research activities and related competitive contracts and 
grants, and with numerous top-ranked programs, the UW is a university 
which truly embodies the ideals of "Learning @ the Leading Edge". (For 
more information see www.washington.edu.)

About AARNet
AARNet Pty Ltd is a not-for-profit company that operates the AARNet2 
network, providing Internet services to 37 Australian universities, 
CSIRO Australia and their research and education partners. AARNet 
provides an incubator for development of advanced network infrastructure 
and applications. It has a national and international focus with access 
to the global research and education networks through the Pacific 
Northwest Gigapop. AARNet is also a member of the GrangeNet consortium 
that will build a multi-Gigabit backbone in Australia and develop 
advanced network and grid services to support advanced and innovative 
applications.

About Internet2
Led by over 180 US universities, working with industry and government, 
Internet2 is developing and deploying advanced network applications and 
technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the 
creation of tomorrow's Internet. Internet2 recreates the partnerships of 
academia, industry, and government that helped foster today's Internet 
in its infancy.

Contact info:

Pacific Northwest Gigapop and Pacific Wave
Jan Eveleth, Manager
4545 15th Ave. NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Tel: 206-934-5588
Email: 

Web: www.pnw-gigapop.net

AARNet
George McLaughlin, Executive Director
AARNet Pty Ltd (ACN 084 540 518)
GPO Box 1142, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
Tel: 61 2 6276 6900
Email: 

Web: www.aarnet.edu.au

Internet2
Greg Wood, Director of Communications
Tel: 202-331-5360
Email: 

Web: www.internet2.edu




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                         News Media Advisory
                Drexel to Provide Internet2 Access for
       Pennsylvania’s 14-School State System of Higher Education

PHILADELPHIA (October 2, 2001) ? Drexel University has received approval
from the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development to
sponsor connections to the Abilene network for Pennsylvania’s 14-school
State System of Higher Education (SSHE), University President
Constantine Papadakis recently announced.

The approval means Pennsylvania’s 14 SSHE schools can connect to
Internet2 through Drexel’s Keystone Crossroads Partnership for Internet2
(KXP2), at speeds of approximately 45 megabits per second (Mbps).

Drexel, an Abilene participant and one of 50 Internet2 connectors in the
United States, uses the high-speed research network to access Internet2.
Abilene is an Internet2 high-speed advanced backbone research network
that connects regional network aggregation points such as Drexel to
support the work of over 180 Internet2 universities in developing
advanced Internet applications.

"The KPX2 connection will allow the SSHE institutions to collaborate
with Drexel and the Internet2 community on advanced networking research
opportunities, such as experiments with virtual space performance
events, visual geophysical exploration, digital library access and
distribution and collaborative airplane design, said Dr. John A. Bielec,
Drexel’s vice president for information resources and technology and
manager of this project

"Drexel can now provide the SSHE schools with high speed access to
universities and national research laboratories worldwide," said
Papadakis. "The Internet2 link along with Drexel’s commodity Internet
service of 100 Mbps and our back-up Internet connection of 45 Mbps,
makes Drexel one of the most wired universities in the Northeastern U.S.

Pennsylvania’s SSHE is comprised of Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney,
Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven,
Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock and West Chester
Universities.

Drexel, Philadelphia’s technological university, is a leader in
integrating emerging technologies into its curriculum.  In 1983, Drexel
became the first university to require all students to have personal
access to a microcomputer.  Last year, Drexel became the first major
university to operate a fully wireless CyberCampus, providing Internet
access from anywhere on the university’s 60+ acre campus.  Drexel ranks
sixth in this year’s Yahoo! Internet Life poll of America’s 100 Most
Wired Universities, receiving poll’s the highest score in the "Wireless
Access" category.


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News Media Contact:    Kevin C. Kaufman, Drexel News Bureau Director
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<p><b>PHILADELPHIA (October 2, 2001) &shy;</b> Drexel University has received
approval from the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development
to sponsor connections to the Abilene network for Pennsylvania’s 14-school
State System of Higher Education (SSHE), University President Constantine
Papadakis recently announced.
<p>The approval means Pennsylvania’s 14 SSHE schools can connect to Internet2
through Drexel’s Keystone Crossroads Partnership for Internet2 (KXP2),
at speeds of approximately 45 megabits per second (Mbps).
<p>Drexel, an Abilene participant and one of 50 Internet2 connectors in
the United States, uses the high-speed research network to access Internet2.
Abilene is an Internet2 high-speed advanced backbone research network that
connects regional network aggregation points such as Drexel to support
the work of over 180 Internet2 universities in developing advanced Internet
applications.
<p>"The KPX2 connection will allow the SSHE institutions to collaborate
with Drexel and the Internet2 community on advanced networking research
opportunities, such as experiments with virtual space performance events,
visual geophysical exploration, digital library access and distribution
and collaborative airplane design, said Dr. John A. Bielec, Drexel’s vice
president for information resources and technology and manager of this
project
<p>"Drexel can now provide the SSHE schools with high speed access to 
universities
and national research laboratories worldwide," said Papadakis. "The Internet2
link along with Drexel’s commodity Internet service of 100 Mbps and our
back-up Internet connection of 45 Mbps, makes Drexel one of the most wired
universities in the Northeastern U.S.
<p>Pennsylvania’s SSHE is comprised of Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney,
Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield,
Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock and West Chester Universities.
<p>Drexel, Philadelphia’s technological university, is a leader in integrating
emerging technologies into its curriculum.&nbsp; In 1983, Drexel became
the first university to require all students to have personal access to
a microcomputer.&nbsp; Last year, Drexel became the first major university
to operate a fully wireless CyberCampus, providing Internet access from
anywhere on the university’s 60+ acre campus.&nbsp; Drexel ranks sixth
in this year’s Yahoo! Internet Life poll of America’s 100 Most Wired 
Universities,
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Media Alert -- Alcatel Expert to Speak at HBCU Digital Divide Conference
and Present Live Internet2 Demonstration

Calabasas, Calif., Oct. 1, 2001 - Greg Kovich, Director for Education
Sales and Marketing, Alcatel eBusiness Networking Division (eND), will
be speaking at the Fourth HBCU Digital Divide Conference hosted by
Jackson State University (JSU).  The presentation titled “Accelerating
Digital Change: Futuristic Views of the Digital HBCU Campuses” is
scheduled for 10:30am - 11:30am this Friday, Oct. 5.

The presentation will introduce Alcatel's vision of bridging the digital
divide through the empowerment of teaching and learning.  This
presentation focuses on the "Fundamentals of Communications", a
standards-based course currently under pilot with seventeen universities
and K-12 schools in North America.  This vendor-neutral course is
designed to introduce students to the basics of networking, voice
communication, and communication convergence.

In conjunction with the HBCU conference, Alcatel will demonstrate the
ability to successfully provide reliable long distance voice service
over high bandwidth networks by connecting the Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 IP
PBXs at Texas A&M and JSU across the Abilene, an Internet2 backbone
network.  Alcatel’s demonstration using Internet2 illustrates
possibility of bridging the digital divide by rapid transfer of
applications and sharing of technology across universities in a
high-speed network environment.

To register for the conference, please visit
http://143.132.129.120/oct2001.htm

If you'd like to speak with Alcatel's Greg Kovich about this event,
please contact Monica Li at 818-878-5389.

Alcatel OmniPCX 4400
The Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 is the world’s most advanced IP-based voice
communications system. Based on a client/server UNIX architecture, the
Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 includes scalability from 50 to 50,000 users,
innovative Reflexes telephone handsets, 99.999 percent reliability,
one-number mobility, unified messaging, voice-over IP networking with
quality of service management, and comprehensive network management.
The Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 has won many industry awards including the
notable International Engineering Consortium’s annual InfoVision Award.

About Internet2
Led by over 180 US universities, working with industry and government,
Internet2 is developing and deploying advanced network applications and
technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the
creation of tomorrow's Internet. Internet2 recreates the partnerships of
academia, industry and government that helped foster today's Internet in
its infancy.  For more information about Internet2, see:
http://www.internet2.edu/

About Alcatel eND:
Headquartered in Calabasas, CA, Alcatel's e-Business Networking Division
is a leader in delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data
networking solutions to the enterprise market.  For more information go
to http://www.ind.alcatel.com


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If you're interested in the Internet2 Virtual Member Meeting
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for the bandwidith challenged - our own Amin Mottahed has
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