CANARIE part of global group building 100G "supernet" for researchers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Six of the world’s leading research and education networks, including Canada’s Advanced Research and Innovation Network (CANARIE), have announced their intent to build the world’s first 100 Gbps intercontinental transmission links for research and education. Leaders from CANARIE, Internet2 and the U.S. Department of Energy’s ESnet in the U.S.), NORDUnet, (Nordic countries), SURFnet (Netherlands), and GÉANT (Europe) made the announcement yesterday at the 2013 Internet2 Annual Meeting before 800 technology, education and research leaders. The telcos will create a public-private partnership with the commercial sector, such as equipment vendors and carriers active in the North Atlantic, to...