While Abilene physically spans the breadth of the United States, it achieves global reach through connections with myriad research and education networks serving countries around the world. Abilene exchanges traffic with the following international research networks:
Asia-Pacific (APAN, APAN-KR [Korea] and Transpac)
Belgium (BELNET)
Canada (CA*Net3)
Chile (REUNA)
China (CERNET, CSTNET and NSFCNET)
Czech Republic (CESnet)
Europe (DANTE)
France (GIP RENATER)
Germany (DFN-Verein)
Greece (GRNET)
Hungary (HUNGARNET)
Ireland (HEAnet)
Israel (Israel-IUCC)
Italy (INFN-GARR)
Japan (JAIRC and SINET/NII)
Luxembourg (RESTENA)
Mexico (CUDI)
Netherlands (Stichting SURF [SURFNET])
Nordic Countries (NORDUnet)
Poland (POL-34)
Portugal (RCCN)
Singapore (SingAREN)
Slovenia (ARNES)
Spain (RedIRIS)
Switzerland (SWITCH)
Taiwan (TANET2)
United Kingdom (JANET/UKERNA)
Abilene not only interconnects with research and education networks around the world, it also provides a valuable service to the international community by providing transit across Abilene to international research networks. This Abilene International Transit Network (ITN) service allows, for example, a research network in Europe which connects to Abilene in New York to communicate (exchange traffic) with a research network from Japan which connects to Abilene in Los Angeles. Abilene provides a path between the two international networks. This service directly benefits the U.S. academia, researchers and students using Abilene, by fostering a stronger global collaborative research environment overall.
Qwest® is delighted that using Abilene allows participants to be actively involved in the global community of researchers, educators and visionaries who are combining their intellectual resources to shape our future.
