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Internet2 Network update provided by Rob Vietzke:
- Connectors starting to cut over in Northeast - in addition to first leg from NY to Chicago. Working on Boston, Washington and Chicago.
- Coordination and working with connectors to get ready and getting transition (see NOC/Chris Robb's tracking at http://i2net.blogspot.com/
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- Atlanta coming up on March 2nd. See http://www.internet2.edu/network/deployment.html
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- for latest deployment schedule
- Expect ring through Houston and Kansas City to be ready by April
- Alluded to series of calls with connectors. If any of you have any issues, please send email. If you haven't heard from us and think you should, let us know.
- On schedule so far.
- On dynamic services: working a lot, alluded to joint work with Europeans on services trial.
- Trying to get control plane integrated with CIENA. Some lab testing going on with NOC to get this.
- Reported too doing some work to expedite new wave turn-ups and cross-connects.
Question on routers being pulled out. Rob reported on router swap in NY to get loaner Juniper out off there and get loaner to Indianapolis. Hoping to happen by 2/1/07.
Indy router by 1st week of Feb.
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