New US Initiatives: Internet 2
Started out (Oct-96) as consortium of ~ 34 major universities
- Now there are over 100
- covers 80% of US university sites we monitor
- ~$500K / university over several years, 25% seed
- Will use vBNS as backbone
- GigaPOPs in major areas
Notes:
Cost of vBNS port ~ Cost of joining Internet 2
GigaPOPs are similar to the old NSF regionals
2 Gigapops to be ready by end of 1997, one at Michigan