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INTERNET2 COMMERCIAL PEERING SERVICE EXPANDS

Thirteen member organizations now participate in service; Four national
peering points operational

Ann Arbor, Michigan – September 24, 2007 - Internet2 is pleased to  
announce
that its Commercial Peering (CP) Service has expanded significantly  
adding
new routes and new connection points to enhance network performance,  
cost
savings and collaboration opportunities for participating members.

Since its inception in late 2006, the CP service has provided
settlement-free connections between the advanced Internet2 IP Network  
and
major content and Internet service providers. Thirteen Internet2  
Connectors
and members currently participate in the CP service.

Offered to Internet2 members at no additional charge through their  
existing
connections to the Internet2 IP Network, CP has enabled participants to
realize significant savings in their monthly commercial Internet
expenditures. With over 66,000 routes available through Internet2’s
nationwide peering partnerships, participants are already  
experiencing peak
traffic volumes of one gigabit per second (Gbps) or more via the CP
service.

The Northern Crossroads (NoX) is a participant and was an early beta  
tester
of the Internet2 CP Service and, with only a subset of its New England
community participating they are already routing well over 1 Gbps via  
the
service. As other members subscribe, the NoX anticipates this volume  
will
increase dramatically, further reducing pressure on the region's  
shared and
dedicated commodity service links.

According to Leo Donnelly, senior network architect at Harvard  
University
and NoX, "The new Internet2 Commercial Peering service expands on our  
own
regional peering efforts and is a welcome and increasingly valuable  
addition
to the portfolio of services the Northern Crossroads provides to our
community."

Internet2 has expanded the service to encompass four national peering
connections points which include Chicago, Seattle, Palo Alto and its  
latest
node in New York City which is now operational. To further augment  
the CP
service’s connectivity at public switches, Internet2 has worked to  
increase
capacity through additional private peerings with major traffic  
generators
at its nationwide peering points. Additional public and private peering
opportunities are under evaluation to expand and diversify routing
capabilities and the commercial network peering structure.

“We are pleased with the rapid progress and adoption of the CP  
service which
we believe provides great value to our members. As more and more  
members are
able to take advantage of the service, participants will continue to see
additional cost savings, collaboration opportunities, and enhanced  
network
performance which are all critically important to the success of our
community,” said Steven Wallace, Internet2 CP Service program manager.

To learn more about the advantages of the Internet2 CP Service,  
including a
5-minute narrated slidecast, visit http://www.internet2.edu/network/ 
cp or
contact 
.

About Internet2
Internet2 is the foremost U.S. advanced networking consortium. Led by  
the
research and education community since 1996, Internet2 promotes the  
missions
of its members by providing both leading-edge network capabilities and
unique partnership opportunities that together facilitate the  
development,
deployment and use of revolutionary Internet technologies. Internet2  
brings
the U.S. research and academic community together with technology  
leaders
from industry, government and the international community to undertake
collaborative efforts that have a fundamental impact on tomorrow's  
Internet.
For more information: http://www.internet2.edu/

Media Contact:
Lauren Rotman, Internet2

202.331.5345