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Tuesday, February 12, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/02/2002021201t.htm Managers of Fast Networks See Growing Need for a New International Backbone By FLORENCE OLSEN Managers of high-speed computer networks say the best way to keep up with scientists' research needs may be to build a new international backbone network capable of handling the fast, large-capacity connections the researchers require. "It's not enough to have a bunch of fast links -- you actually have to manage how they interconnect," says Douglas Van Houweling, president and chief executive officer of the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development. UCAID is the American consortium that operates the Internet2 project and its backbone network, called Abilene....
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