The new Internet2 Network (www.internet2.edu/network), now with
100 Gbps capacity, provides a tenfold increase in bandwidth over Internet2’s first generation "Abilene" network. The Internet2 Network is designed to provide point-to-point dynamic and static circuit services and advanced IP services that will support innovation in network-intensive scientific frontiers including: High Energy and
Nuclear Physics, Earthquake Engineering Simulation, Environmental Observatories, and eVLBI.

Among other features, the new network leads with:

• Delivery of 1,350,000 gigabit miles of optical capacity in place for new R&E applications
• The ability to provision carrier-class waves between over 50 points on the national footprint in real time
• A leadership role in the development of international wave provisioning services
• An upgraded Internet2 Observatory capability allowing researchers to exploit and learn about the new architecture
• A deployed footprint that brings these services to every R&E network in the country
• A close relationship with the Department of Energy's ESnet to empower new science

Internet2 is on schedule and well on the way to complete member transition to the new backbone in September 2007.