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Internet 2 FAQs http://www.internet2.edu/html/faqs.html#

Did you know that Internet 2 is an effort by more than 130 US universities to develop advanced Internet technologies and applications vital to research and education? Read about how the project started, what it will cost, whether it will replace the Internet as we now know it, at this site. A free newsletter will keep you posted about the project's latest developments.

Internet 2: John Hopkins University http://www.jhu.edu/~hac_ns/internet2

John Hopkins University has enrolled as a charter member in the Internet 2 initiative and is working towards creating a 'gigapop' (the key element of Internet 2) that will provide an OC3 (155 Mbps) connection to several American universities and NASA.

Argonne National Laboratory: Internet 2 http://www.anl.gov/MREN/workshop/jackson

There are slides to explain what the Internet 2 Project is all about. Simple design, but not all the details are available. A good site for just basic knowledge about the project.

Next Generation Internet http://scv.bu.edu/vBNS/Seminar-10feb97/I2Apps/I2Internet2.html

This page details the most important aspects of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) Initiative in point form. Everything from how it began to its immediate aims. There is an excellent diagrammatic explanation of the 'gigapop', the key element on which both, the NGI and Internet 2 will work.

New Generation Internet (NGI) Initiative http://www.ngi.gov

The official homepage of the US government-funded NGI initiative which, like the Internet 2 Project, aims to develop new, faster technologies to improve the current commercial Internet. Choose a NGI-related topic from the pull-down menu for more information on it.

Official Internet2 Network Launch http://www.internet2.edu/abilene/html/abilene_launch.html

If you thought things were slow on the WWW, it's the Internet2 community to the rescue. Log in for the latest technology, storage algorithms, digital video applications and the latest project details.

Smithsonian http://smithsonian.yahoo.com/nextgeneration.html

The one place to find out about the Internet 2 Project and the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative. You can find links to the official web sites of both, and a few in-depth articles on how they will revolutionise the world in the next millennium.

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