27 Mar 2025 Advanced Networking Internet2 Announcements Internet2 and Cisco Push Coherent Optics Farther, Redefining Long-Haul Flexibility and Network Capacity on Demand Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Breakthrough Trial Demonstrates 400 Gbps Link Spanning Over 3,000 km Without Transponders or Regeneration WASHINGTON, D.C., March 27, 2025 — Internet2 and Cisco recently demonstrated a breakthrough in coherent optics technologies, achieving a 400 Gbps link over… Read More
19 May 2021 Advanced Networking Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Shim Phase Beginning Soon Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Linda Roos, Internet2 Senior Director, State and Regional Networks We are pleased to announce that the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) project is approaching the beginning of the shim phase, a significant milestone in the project. The… Read More
06 Apr 2021 Advanced Networking Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Update: 29 Packet Nodes Connected by Forty 400G Links; GDT Install Completes on Schedule Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Network Services Director of Planning and Architecture In the two weeks since we reported the first 400 Gbps backbone connections on the Internet2 network, our team has made substantial progress toward fully deploying… Read More
22 Mar 2021 Advanced Networking Now Online: First Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure 400G Ethernet Links for New Routed Network Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Network Services Director of Planning and Architecture Internet2 marks the beginning of this week having deployed its first operational 400 Gbps Ethernet connections for its new Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) platform. Cisco 8201… Read More