Internet2 Network: Deployment Schedule
The new Internet2 Network design is nearly complete and collocation and equipment orders are already being processed.
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Currently, we plan to have these segments delivered to Internet2 on the following dates with the transition work to be completed with individual connectors in the weeks and months following each segment’s delivery.
See a the deployment phases on a map. [pdf]
| PHASE 1: New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago, Boston and Buffalo | |
| Internet2 and Connector Site Design Discussions | Complete |
| Colocation Planning, Connector Coordination | Complete |
| Colocation Availability and Equipment Installation | Complete |
| Wave Availability and Backbone Turn Up | Complete |
| Connector Cutover and Abilene Node Turn Down | Complete |
| PHASE 2: Raleigh, Atlanta, Nashville, Louisville, Indianapolis | |
| Internet2 and Connector Site Design Discussions | Complete |
| Colocation Planning, Connector Coordination | Complete |
| Colocation Availability and Equipment Installation | Complete |
| Wave Availability and Backbone Turn Up | Complete |
| Connector Cutover and Abilene Node Turn Down | Complete except Memphis pending campus equipment |
| PHASE 3: Kansas City, Tulsa, Houston, Baton Rouge, Jacksonville, Albuquerque, Denver | |
| Internet2 and Connector Site Design Discussions | Complete |
| Colocation Planning, Connector Coordination | Complete |
| Colocation Availability and Equipment Installation | Complete |
| Wave Availability and Backbone Turn Up | Complete |
| Connector Cutover and Abilene Node Turn Down | Internet2 nodes deployed except Houston as of 6/12/07. Cutovers in progress. GPN Kansas City complete. Denver & Tulsa N/A. Baton Rouge pending campus fiber work. Jacksonville pending campus circuit provisioning. Houston pending planning with LEARN. |
PHASE 4: Salt Lake City, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles |
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| Internet2 and Connector Site Design Discussions | Complete |
| Colocation Planning, Connector Coordination | Complete |
| Colocation Availability and Equipment Installation | Complete |
| Wave Availability and Backbone Turn Up | Complete |
| Connector Cutover and Abilene Node Turn Down | Cutovers in progress |
