The Internet2 Commercial Peering (CP) service has hit another important milestone, with participants across the country seeing more than 50% of their commodity Internet traffic needs being met by the CP service. <\/p>\n
By providing a direct peering to major ISPs and content hosting companies over a virtual private network within the Internet2 network, the CP service continues to expand the number of private and public peering connections, now to over 70 000 commodity Internet routes.<\/p>\n
For Internet2 Network Connectors with available traffic headroom within their Internet2 IP Network connection, the CP service is available at no additional cost and can offer a significant total cost reduction to their overall Internet expenses.<\/p>\n
Indiana University, an early adopter of CP service, continues to realize cost benefits. Although IU's peak inbound Internet traffic level has grown from 2.5Gbps to 3.4Gbps over the course of the year, they reported that they recently eliminated a GigE commodity connection in favor of utilizing CP service. <\/p>\n
If the trend continues and IU experiences another 50% increase, they are well positioned with available bandwidth on their 10G connection to Internet2.<\/p>\n