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Regional Network Aggregations
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The Crossroads Initiative
The SURA Crossroads Initiative is cooperative advanced research and education network intiative sponsored by SURA and its member institutions. The Crossroads Initiative was developed to facilitate access to current and future highly integrated, digital communications services for education, research and economic development within the region and across the United States.
The Crossroads Initiative has resulted in the creation of two regional gigapops; the Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) and the Southern Crossroads (SoX). These gigapops, managed by SURA member institutions, provide cost effective access to local, regional, national and international advanced research and education network services. The Crossroads will serve to connect both Internet2 and non-Internet2 members to each other and to the Next Generation Internet, thus enhancing opportunities for collaboration among university researchers at institutions throughout the Southeast.
- Florida State University, aggregating Abilene connectivity for Florida State University and the University of Central Florida
- Gulf Central GigaPoP, aggregating Abilene connectivity for University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Alabama at Huntsville and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.
- Louisiana State Network (LA Net)
- Mississippi State University, aggregating Abilene connectivity for Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, and the University of Southern Mississippi
- Network Virginia, aggregating Abilene connectivity for James Madison University, George Mason University, Old Dominion University, University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Tech University, College of William & Mary, NCSA Access Center in Ballston, VA (part of Indiana University)
- NCREN/NCNI, aggregating commodity Internet and Abilene access for North Carolina State University, Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- South Florida GigaPoP, aggregating Abilene connectivity for Florida International University, Florida Atlantic University, and the University of Miami
- Texas GigaPoP, aggregating Abilene connectivity for Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, Stephen F. Austin University, Texas A&M University, University of Houston (Texas Tech) and NASA Johnson Space Center
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