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Ohio and Indiana Launch Nation’s First 100 Gbps High-Speed State Research 
Networks By Connecting to Internet2’s 100 Gbps Network

New Networks To Advance Innovation, Research & Education, Medicine and 
Business

Ann Arbor, Mich.—Feb. 17, 2012—Internet2 today announced that Ohio and 
Indiana are the first states to launch a 100 gigabit per second (Gbps) 
research and education network by connecting to Internet2’s Advanced Layer 2 
network--the first transcontinental 100 Gbps network in the world. The 
network serves as an innovation platform that connects higher education 
institutions throughout the world.

"Connecting to Internet2's 100 Gbps network and platform dramatically 
advances Indiana’s and Ohio’s ability to provide its researchers, students 
and educators with more advanced capabilities than anything available off 
campus,” said Dave Lambert, CEO and President, Internet2. “Over the past 30 
years, the creation and evolution of the Internet and the information economy 
is directly linked to investments at leading American research universities, 
and the creation of some of the most successful global companies, like Cisco, 
Google and Facebook. I look forward to seeing the next innovations to advance 
education, healthcare, and the global economy.”

For more information about Ohio’s ten-fold boost to their broadband network, 
go to http://www.oar.net/press/releases/2012/2012_100G.shtml

To learn about Indiana’s new ultra-high speed network, go to 
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/21069.html.

About Internet2

Internet2 ®, created and led by U.S. research universities, is one of the 
worldʼs most advanced networking consortia for global researchers and 
scientists, who develop breakthrough Internet technologies and applications, 
and spark tomorrowʼs essential innovations. Internet2 consists of more than 
350 U.S. universities; corporations; government agencies; laboratories; 
higher learning; other major national, regional and state research and 
education networks; and organizations.

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