High Performance Networks

• Have been funded or initiated by the NSF:

  • Gigabit Testbeds (90-94)
  • vBNS (95-99)
  • vBNS+ (00-02)

• Other agencies have also provided high performance networks

  • ESnet - Department of Energy (80s)
  • iDREN - Department of Defense (96-)
  • NREN and NISN - NASA (97-)

• All these networks peer at NGIXs (Next Generation Internet Exchanges)

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