| Inspection of GigaPoPs | |
| Inspection of RONs | |
| Trends | |
| A concentration point for R&E | ||
| A point solution | ||
| One box on some | ||
| A distributed system for others | ||
| SONET, Routers | ||
| Internet2 stitches PoPs together | ||
| Offers a centralized solution nationally | ||
| One organization owns the backbone | ||
| A distributed or regional solution | ||
| A network not a point solution | ||
| Two or more systems | ||
| Photonic boxes + L2 & L3 systems | ||
| Quilt a federation of RONs | ||
| Can be more than R&E | ||
| Regional backbone ownership | ||
| A buyers group- right time & place (distressed assets) | ||
| NLR can be used to stitch together RONs | ||
Inspection of the RON
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| Bridge AUP limitations on a single backbone | ||
| Public R&E | ||
| Private companies | ||
| State agencies | ||
| More nimble to change technologies | ||
| Minimum set of technologies for national stitching | ||
| A lesser cost to evergreen | ||
| Address the regional digital divide | ||
| Education | ||
| Business | ||
| GigaPops aggregating into a RON | |
| Existing RONs expanding | |
| Opportunity to stitch RONs into multiple federated nets | |
| National nets exit in parallel |