[THEGrid] Fwd: [I2-NEWS] Third Frontier Network Nearly Complete in Cleveland Area (fwd)

[Alan Sill]

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> From: "Pinsky, Lawrence S." <pinsky at uh.edu>
> Date: July 7, 2004 2:49:18 PM CDT
> To: Alan Sill <Alan.Sill at ttu.edu>
> Subject: Fwd: [I2-NEWS] Third Frontier Network Nearly Complete in  
> Cleveland Area (fwd)
>
> FYI...
>                 Larry
>
>
>> Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 04:59:45 -0500 (CDT)
>> From: Lennart Johnsson <johnsson at tlc2.uh.edu>
>> Subject: [I2-NEWS] Third Frontier Network Nearly Complete in 
>> Cleveland Area
>>  (fwd)
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>> Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 15:51:15 -0400
>> From: Dan Downing <downing at oar.net>
>> To: i2-news at internet2.edu
>> Subject: [I2-NEWS] Third Frontier Network Nearly Complete in 
>> Cleveland Area
>>
>>
>>
>> Statewide High Speed Internet Nearly Complete in Cleveland Area
>>
>> News From OARnet
>> For more information contact:
>> Dan Downing
>> 614-688-3949
>> downing at oar.net
>>
>> COLUMBUS, Ohio ­ July 1, 2004 ­ The nation’s most extensive high-speed
>> fiber optic network dedicated to higher education and research is 
>> nearly
>> complete in Cleveland.  Equipment for the Third Frontier Network 
>> (TFN) was
>> installed last week at Cleveland State University and Case Western 
>> Reserve
>> University campuses, and the remaining Cleveland area campuses will 
>> soon
>> follow. The network is being built by OARnet, the Ohio Supercomputer
>> Center’s networking division.
>>
>> TFN, supported in part by funding from the Ohio Board of Regents, 
>> will link
>> the state’s colleges and universities, community colleges, branch 
>> campuses,
>> K-12 Regional Service Agencies, and eventually district locations to 
>> each
>> other and to the Internet. With government, academic and industry 
>> partners,
>> TFN will position Ohio as a world leader in networking technology and 
>> the
>> knowledge economy.
>>
>> Dominique Porter, Manager of Enterprise Networks for Cleveland State, 
>> said
>> her institution is excited about being connected to the new network.
>>
>> “The TFN will provide Ohio with a truly amazing network that will 
>> enhance
>> research, education, and economic development within the state,” said
>> Porter. “The opportunities we are afforded by being connected to this
>> dedicated high-speed fiber optic network will help promote research 
>> and
>> collaboration within Cleveland and throughout the state.”
>>
>> OARnet also has a 20-year agreement with American Fiber Systems 
>> (AFS), for
>> optical fiber services in Cleveland. AFS is a leading nationwide 
>> provider
>> of metropolitan optical fiber networks. The optical fiber agreement
>> provides broadband connectivity throughout Greater Cleveland to
>> universities and research centers that will enhance TFN.
>>
>> Colleges and universities that will connect to the Third Frontier 
>> Network
>> Cleveland Fiberloop include: Baldwin Wallace College, Case Western 
>> Reserve
>> University, Cleveland State University, Cleveland Institute of Art,
>> Cleveland Institute of Music, Cuyahoga Community College, David Myers
>> College, John Carroll University, Lakeland Community College, Lake 
>> Erie
>> College, Lorain County Community College, NASA Glenn Research Center, 
>> Notre
>> Dame College, Siegal College of Judaic Studies.
>>
>> “Our goal is to optimize Ohio’s higher education and research 
>> institutions’
>> ability to access high performance computing and Internet 
>> applications by
>> building a world-class optical fiber network that will connect 91 
>> colleges
>> and universities throughout the state,” said TFN Project Manager 
>> Denis Walsh.
>>
>> OARnet is a regional Internet service providing connectivity to 91 
>> college
>> and university networks throughout the state, as well as government
>> agencies, corporate research centers, and non-profit institutions. 
>> OARnet
>> continually investigates and implements the latest in advanced 
>> technologies
>> to serve and support the information architecture of its clients. 
>> OARnet
>> peers with more than 100 ISPs both nationally and internationally, and
>> maintains data centers throughout the country. OARnet is a division 
>> of the
>> Ohio Supercomputer Center, a technology initiative of the Ohio Board 
>> of
>> Regents. For more information, see <http://www.oar.net/>www.oar.net.
>>
>>
>> -OARnet-
>>
>>
>>
>> Dan Downing
>> Public Relations Coordinator
>> OSC/OARnet
>> 1224 Kinnear Road
>> Columbus, Ohio, 43212
>> phone (614) 688-3949
>> fax (614) 292-7168
>> downing at oar.net
>> www.osc.edu
>> www.oar.net
>> www.tfn.oar.net
>>
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