Internet Service

The campus data network is attached to the commercial Internet, to Internet 2, and to ESnet.

Internet 2 is an advanced networking consortium led by the research and education community. It typically provides the University with connectivity to other Internet 2 sites at speeds higher than would normally be available via the commercial Internet. Most sites attached to Internet 2 also also attached to the commercial Internet.

ESnet, the Energy Sciences Network, is a high-speed network serving many U.S. Department of Energy scientists at various institutions.

Providers

The University's service providers are:

Comcast

This connection provides the University with 1 Gbps of full-duplex commercial Internet service.

Windstream (formerly named PAETEC)

This connection provides the University with 1 Gbps of full-duplex commercial Internet service.

MAGPI

This connection provides the University with 1 Gbps of full-duplex Internet 2 service. (The physical connectivity to MAGPI is provided via Windstream.)

ESnet

This connection provides the University with 1 Gbps of full-duplex ESnet service. Use of this service is automatically restricted to selected portions of the campus network based upon policy and participation in the funding for this connection.

Redundancy

We have multiple commercial Internet service providers to maintain commercial Internet connectivity while one commercial ISP is unavailable. When a commercial ISP becomes unavailable, some commercial Internet traffic may be disrupted for several minutes as routing automatically adjusts to use the remaining provider(s).

When our Internet 2 ISP becomes unavailable, some Internet 2 traffic may be disrupted for several minutes as routing automatically adjusts to use the remaining provider(s).

While one or more Internet or Internet2 ISPs is unavailable, the University's aggregate Internet/Internet2 bandwidth is reduced. Internet service remains available, but may be degraded until all ISPs are again available. While the traffic is absorbed by the remaining service providers, one or more of those providers may be forced to run at full capacity, resulting in noticably degraded service.

Our External Customer Networks service relies solely on our Windstream commercial Internet service provider. When the Windstream commercial Internet service is unavailable, our External Customer Networks have no network connectivity.

Our ESnet connection is not redundant.