Global Crossing Supplies Bandwidth for South Florida GigaPOP Project

Global Crossing announced a three-year contract to provide five DS-3s for International Private Line and GigE Dedicated Internet Access to Florida International University (FIU). The connectivity service will be used for the South Florida Research and Education GigaPOP Project, serving high schools and universities in Florida, as well as universities and research institutions throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. The GigaPOP Project was established in 1999 when FIU was awarded a high-performance connection grant from the National Science Foundation, at which time the University of Miami and Florida Atlantic University elected to connect to Internet2’s Abilene network through FIU.
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