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I2PX and R&E IP

Internet2’s IP Network delivers a strategic advantage for leaders in research and education, through both R&E IP and the Internet2 Peer Exchange (I2PX).

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Layer 3 Provides:

  • IP network services and Internet2 Peer Exchange (I2PX) services.
  • a strategic advantage for leaders in research and education (R&E). Due to its community-based operations and constant collaborative evaluation and optimization, the Advanced Layer 3 Services offer leading-edge network characteristics to meet the constantly evolving needs of high-speed research and collaboration.
  • A carrier-class infrastructure and supports leading-edge IPv4, IPv6, and other advanced networking protocols, as well as the ability to more easily and flexibly increase its capacity beyond any other research and education (R&E) network in the world. Internet2 members take advantage of this advanced network service.
  • Dedication to specialized R&E traffic
  • Engineering that allows wide reachability across the R&E community with abundant “headroom” optimized for peak performance. Average use and traffic congestion are not part of the discussion when it comes to network planning for this network. The network is engineered for the most demanding traffic patterns, ensuring optimal performance. The goal of this service is for users to never experience dropped packets, jitter or other underperformance characteristics of commodity networks.
  • High reliability, and connections to a fabric of other national R&E networks around the globe
  • Internet2 Peer Exchange (I2PX) provides strategic connectivity to portions of the public Internet and peering relationships through over 80 select entities. Internet2’s commercial peering service offers a low-cost path with higher performance goals than commercial alternatives. I2PX provides high performance, low latency, and efficient (1 hop) access to some of the top content destinations in the world including: Google, Yahoo, Netflix, and other commercial content providers. The service supports IPv4 and IPv6.
  • Included in the Internet2 Network Advanced Layer 3 Service fee, the peering service allows Connectors to leverage their existing Internet2 Network connection investments to help serve their commercial Internet needs and extend the service to their downstreams.
  • In addition to enhanced network performance and cost savings, I2PX allows Internet2 members to more efficiently adapt to innovative uses of network resources both inside of the Internet2 Network and out in the commercial Internet by providing high-speed access to network-intensive applications, such as interactive social networking and high-definition video, among others.
  • Currently, the service offers nearly 300,000 routes through peering partnerships with commercial networks. Additional private and public peering connections are being evaluated to further improve and diversify our commercial network peering infrastructure.

Internet2’s Advanced Layer 3 Services are available to:

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Eligible Subscribers:
Sponsors: Internet2
Email: networkdevelopment@internet2.edu
Contact: Linda Roos

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