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<small><font face="Verdana">Excuse me for being a skeptic but i would
love to see the network digram that shows how 28 lambdas at 10 gigs
each providing primary layer services is going to connect to schools (
and what the real cost is )<br>
lets see<br>
<br>
# project fails to get its finacing in full<br>
<br>
# all of a sudden schools are suffering<br>
<br>
# Connect could be carrying email traffic ( Sandoval Broadband )<br>
<br>
The LMBD local sponsors pulled the same stunt years ago to get
business to chip in with the original gigapop financing and they never
delivered on a single promise<br>
<br>
Where is H L Mencken when we need him<br>
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( : ( : pete</font></small><br>
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Richard Lowenberg wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Schools Close On Linking to Network: LambdaRail about 100 times faster than
commercial Internet.
Albuquerque Journal, Jun. 6--Two New Mexico universities are close to tapping
into LambdaRail, the high-speed nationwide data network that's about 100 times
faster than the commercial Internet.
The University of New Mexico has taken the lead in rolling out LambdaRail in the
state. Barney Maccabe, UNM's chief information officer, said there's been a
problem in making the final fiber connection for New Mexico State and New
Mexico Tech.
He said the problems appear to be fixed, and he expects New Mexico Tech and New
Mexico State will be connected before August.
UNM is already routing some of its Internet traffic through LambdaRail, Maccabe
said.
Van Romero, vice president for research and economic development at New Mexico
Tech and a member of the National LambdaRail board, said researchers at his
university are eager for the LambdaRail connection to reach New Mexico Tech so
they can tap into such things as the supercomputer.
"It certainly is frustrating when we have this great supercomputer that we have
access to, or that we wish we had access to, and we don't," Romero said. "And
so the frustration level among the faculty is really high. But you have to
realize when you look at the big picture, it's just been a month or so."
Beyond allowing New Mexico Tech and New Mexico State the ability to tap into the
supercomputer, LambdaRail could also be a solution for the schools' costly and
everincreasing need for bandwith.
New Mexico has been connected to National LambdaRail for two years. National
LambdaRail is a consortium of universities and corporations that operates the
15,000-mile network that transmits data an estimated 100 times faster than the
commercial Internet.
The state committed to buy into National LambdaRail for $5 million. The amount
was to be paid over five years.
Romero said the state has paid $4 million of its debt, but didn't get the final
funding from the Legislature in the last session.
"We thought we had it lined up, and at the 11th hour it fell out of the bill ...
," Romero said. "We hope to in the comming session."
Romero said the national organization is allowing the state to make the final
payment next year.
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