Internet2 is a consortium being led by over 200 U.S. universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop
and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet.
The primary goals of Internet2 are to:
Create a leading edge network capability for the national research community
Enable revoluntionary Internet applications
Ensure the rapid transfer of new network services and applications to the broader Internet community
Through Internet2 Working Groups, Internet2 members are collaborating on:
Partnerships
Initiatives
Applications
Engineering
Middleware
The Internet2 Steering Committee will provide leadership and guidance with regard to BGSU's Internet2 participation. Education
and communication are seen as important aspects of that leadership.
Internet2 initiatives will also be enhanced by Governor Taft's Third Frontier Project. This project includes the Third Frontier
Network, also known as the Dark Fiber Initiative. The Third Frontier Network is being created to provide advanced telecommunications
services to support higher education and research in the state of Ohio. BGSU will be a POP (point of presence) for this project.
Internet2 at BGSU has been made possible through an NSF Supporting Grant. The material is based on work suported by the National
Science Foundation under Grant #ANI-0124684.
