[ CENIC News ] TransitRail On The Move: National Peering Program Announces East Coast Connection Point

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TRANSITRAIL ON THE MOVE: NATIONAL PEERING PROGRAM ANNOUNCES EAST COAST 
CONNECTION POINT

Other Institutions Can Anticipate Savings Such as Those Enjoyed By Major 
Utah Institutions and Oklahoma Network

Cypress, CA ­ March 26, 2007 ­ The Corporation for Education Network 
Initiatives in California (CENIC) and Pacific Northwest Gigapop (PNWGP) 
today announced the expansion
of the TransitRail national commodity peering program with the activation 
of a connection point in Ashburn, VA.  The first TransitRail node to be 
activated east of the Mississippi,
the Ashburn node has been put into service ahead of schedule and will soon 
be joined by a fifth node in Chicago, IL.

Together with the current nodes in Seattle, Sunnyvale, and Los Angeles, 
these two new connection points will give the TransitRail peering program a 
national footprint and enable
research and education institutions to take advantage of low-cost network 
peering on a national scale. Already, the addition of the Ashburn node has 
enhanced the significant
benefits available through participation in TransitRail.

The University of Utah and the Utah System of Higher Education are two of 
many participants that have seen significant benefits from 
TransitRail.  “We are pleased that TransitRail
now carries up to 50 percent of the commodity Internet traffic for Utah 
education. It is cost-effective and provides excellent performance. A 
high-demand connection that required
25 hops can now be made in just six. This collaboration with the Utah 
Education Network, Front Range GigaPop and other higher education partners 
provides economy and a
high level of service to our stakeholders,” said Steve Hess, CIO for the 
University of Utah and the Utah System of Higher Education.

To an institution concerned about the costs of their Internet connectivity, 
participating in TransitRail can spell significant savings over the 
higher-cost commodity Internet.
Oklahoma’s OneNet, a high-performance network dedicated to education and 
government, has been a participant in the TransitRail program since 
December 2006 and has seen
cost savings and usage far beyond what they anticipated.  They and other 
networks participate in TransitRail via their National LambdaRail (NLR) 
connection, leveraging NLR’s
cutting-edge national infrastructure.

TransitRail's U.S. footprint is connected by 10Gbps waves provided by 
National LambdaRail (NLR). Each TransitRail node will be connected to, and 
accessible at, NLR points of
presence throughout the United States.

TransitRail peers with major ISPs, and its current participant base 
represents a substantial segment of the research and education community 
within the United States.
TransitRail is available to any interested R&E network groups.

Both peers and participants are expected to grow significantly as 
TransitRail continues to expand its operations.

For more information about TransitRail, please contact 
<mailto:info at transitrail.net>info at transitrail.net.

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About TransitRail

TransitRail is a national-level AUP-free commodity peering program jointly 
implemented and operated by CENIC and PNWGP in a consortia-type arrangement 
with TransitRail
members. CENIC and PNWGP have significant individual and joint experience 
with peering facilities and existing relationships with prospective peering 
partners. Together, they
have a combined track record of nearly 20 years of commodity peering activity.

Joint operations of a peering facility are not new to PNWGP and CENIC. 
Since 2004, they have successfully and jointly operated the extended R&E 
Pacific Wave peering facilities
(Seattle, Sunnyvale and Los Angeles). Their working relationship is already 
well cemented with communications and processes that can be leveraged in 
support of TransitRail.

CENIC and PNWGP staff are experienced in all facets of peering: peering 
solicitations, contracts, policies, infrastructure, monitoring, reporting, 
routing, troubleshooting,
NOC-related functions and participant support.

CENIC and PNWGP already have over 80 established peering relationships with 
major regional and national entities. A majority of CENIC's and PNWGP's 
existing commodity
peers will all be available for participation in TransitRail.

More information about TransitRail can be found at 
<http://www.transitrail.net/>http://www.transitrail.net/.

More information about CENIC can be found at 
<http://www.cenic.org/>http://www.cenic.org/.

More information about Pacific Northwest Gigapop can be found at 
<http://www.pnwgp.net/>http://www.pnwgp.net/.

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