International Networking e-Infrastructures in North America
Internet2 - Internet2 provides the U.S. research and education community with a dynamic, innovative and cost-effective hybrid optical and packet network. The network was designed to provide next-generation production services as well as a platform for the development of new networking ideas and protocols. With community control of the fundamental networking infrastructure, the Internet2 Network provides the necessary scalability for member institutions to efficiently provision resources to address bandwidth-intensive requirements of their campuses such as, collaborative applications, distributed research experiments, grid-based data analysis and social networking.
Geographical coverage: Europe (ARNES, Slovenia; BELNET, Belgium; CARNET, Croatia; ESnet, Czech Republic; DANTE, Europe; DFN-Verein, Germany; GIP RENATER, France; GRNET, Greece; HEAnet, Ireland; HUNGARNET, Hungary; INFN-GARR, Italy); ORDUnet, Nordic Countries; POL-34,Poland; FCCN, Portugal; RedIRIS, Spain; RESTENA, Luxembourg; RIPN, Russia; SANET, Slovakia; Stichting SURF, Netherlands; SWITCH, Switzerland; TERENA, Europe; JISC, UKERNA, United Kingdom; Middle East: Israel-IUCC, Israel; Qatar Foundation, Qatar; Asia-Pacific: AAIREP, Australia; APAN, Asia-Pacific; APAN.KR, Korea; CERNET/CSTNET/NSFCNET, China; JAIRC, Japan; JUCC, Hong Kong; NECTEC/UNINET, Thailand; NG-NZ, New Zealand; SingAREN, Singapore; TANet2, Taiwan; Americas: CANARIE, CAnada; CEDIA, Ecuador; CLARA, Latin America & Carabbean; CUDI, Mexico; CNTI, Venezuela; CR3NET, Costa Rica; REUNA, Chile; RETINA, Argentina; RNP, Brazil; SENACYT, Panama; Africa: MCIT [EUN/ENSTIN], Egypt; Related Partnerships: APRU, Asia/Pacific; IEEAF, World Bank.
CAnet 4 - CAnet 4, as did its predecessor CAnet 3, interconnects the provincial research networks, and through them universities, research centres, government research laboratories, schools, and other eligible sites, both with each other and with international peer networks. Geographical coverage: Europe Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czecch Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hunagry, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Nordic Countries, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom; Asia-Pacific Asia-Pacific Netrwork (APAN), Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailnad; Central America El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Uruguay; South America Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Venezueal; United States CRENIC, DREN, Esnet, Internet2, Los Nettos, MREN, NISN, NLR, NREN, NYSERNet, PNWGP, STAR TAP, WiscNe; Other Networks Europre (GÉANT), Latin Amrica (RedCLARA), Russia (JSCC, RBNet).
