This email reminded me of an experimental music class I took back in 2007 I believe. We did a live synchronous performance using the Internet2 connecttion at Renneselear Polytechnic with simultaneous super-fast connections to two other groups based out of UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego (if my memory serves me correctly). It was an awesome performance and totally flawlessly synchronous with streaming video and audio!

A cursory look at the Internet2 website details an 'Education and Research' group membership w/ to the tune of ~$13K annually. We should see about connecting vis-a-vis uc berkeley..

It would seem from this page on Research & Education Network Members that we could possibly sign an agreement with UC Berk and essentially 'append' ourselves to their Higher Education L1 membership:

State or regional networking organizations that act as direct connectors to the Internet2 Network and pay associated fees make a significant commitment to the Internet2 community and its goal to provide advanced networking infrastructure and services for research and education. Based on this commitment, Internet2 believes that R&E Network membership status should be formally attached to signing a connection agreement and be extended without any additional fees, as a reflection of its own commitment to partner with state and regional networking organizations and to include them fully in the membership community and in the governance of Internet2.

...or maybe this implies we would still pay the network connection fees, but no membership dues?
  • Any organization meeting the above criteria (highlighted in bold) that signs a connection agreement with Internet2 to aggregate member and other traffic to the Internet2 Network and submits appropriate documentation will become an Internet2 R&E Network Member.
  • The organization signing the connection agreement is assumed to be the member, and will receive all benefits of membership for this category, regardless of whether an associated university or other member serves as its fiscal agent.
  • The fee for R&E Network Membership is included in the connection fee.
 
Also came across this group just now (also an I2 member) if anyone knows more or wants to research further: https://pnwgp.net/network-services/

Jenny

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On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 3:46 PM, Marc Juul <juul@labitat.dk> wrote:


On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Dystan Hays <dystan@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey all,

  I've been lurking for, it seems, a long time -- 'cause I'm in L.A. (working R & D for the City, in a communications department) and up to my ears in problem solving -- but the Bay area has a special place in my heart, from lots of years of attention to and involvement in it.

  The questions raised here are important to me.  I wish I were local enough (and free enough...) to actively participate.  I entertain similar questions regarding the Southern California region as well.

  I operate servers out of DCA Net's colo in Wilmington, Delaware and, though it's not a peering exchange, the bandwidth's pretty high.  I spent a number of years working at Avi Freedman's Netaxs in the Philly area doing system and network admin chores, and sat in on a lot of conversations about peering with the big guys on the East coast.  Avi characterized my contribution as "translating English to English", when the suits' eyes would glaze-over as he was talking tech.  I've been doing IT since before anyone heard of a computer.

Cool! Maybe you'd like to give a short talk about how colos work at our next workshop? It's a free hands-on workshop on wireless node mounting and internet crimping and this time the theme will be "how the internet works". I can't remember the exact date but I believe it's scheduled for a Saturday afternoon at the beginning of July. I'm sure we could find a place for you to crash for the weekend if you were to make the trip!

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