IP Network
The Internet2 IP Network is built across a carrier-class infrastructure and supports leading edge IPv4, IPv6, multicast, and other advanced networking protocols, as well as the ability to more easily and flexibly increase its capacity beyond any other R&E network in the world.
Dynamic Circuit Network
The Internet2 Dynamic Circuit (DC) Network is unlike any other before it. It uses community-developed, standards-based technologies and protocols to provide on-demand dedicated optical paths between endpoints. Just as the R&E community led the way in expanding the reach and capabilities of packet networking using the IP and TCP protocols decades ago, the DC Network breaks new ground to provide the U.S. R&E community with dedicated, customizable, on-demand bandwidth.
Commercial Peering Service
The Internet2 Commercial Peering (CP) Service is offered to members on an opt-in basis at no additional charge through their existing connections to the Internet2 Network. By leveraging settlement-free connections between the Internet2 Network, and major content providers and Internet Service Providers, the service enables members to cost-effectively meet their community's commercial Internet needs. The production service builds on successful trials begun in 2006, and current participants report that over 50% of their commercial traffic has been diverted to the CP service. By the end of 2007, more than a dozen Internet2 Connectors and member organizations were using the Internet2 CP Service.