The Great Plains Network

1
The Great Plains Network

• Rick Summerhill
• Executive Director, GPN
• April 19 20, 2001
• University of Missouri Kansas City
• Kansas City, MO

2
Thanks

• UMKC
• Program Committee
• Qwest Communications

3
The Staff

• Greg Monaco
• Kristen Klaver
• Dave Hartzell
• Mike Rechtenbaugh
• Rick Summerhill

4
Exciting Times

• Regional Network Initiative The Quilt
• GPN Charter Member
• One success already K20 participation
• Network of the Future NoF
• Next generation of Abilene
• Backbone/Gigapop/Campus issues

5
GPN Projects

• The GPN network project
• Current Network

6
GPN Projects, continued

• The Internet2 project
• Nexrad radar site project
• Video initiative project
• Internet2
• Quilt
• Available to all associated with GPN
• Gatekeeper/MCU at GPN/Qwest POP
• Scheduling and open calls
• The Measurement Infrastructure project

7
Think Big

• Casual Use of the network
• Everything will come through the network
• How do we collaborate?