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What is AMPATH?

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¿Qué es AMPATH?

AMPATH & Internet2

What are the benefits of AMPATH™ Membership?

AMPATH Provides high-speed connectivity to the Internet2 Abilene Network and/or StarLight, US and non-US R&E networks at a very low cost:

• Circuits to transit networks, engineering and operations are cost-shared among all participants
• Funding Model includes cost-sharing and aggressive pursuit of grants.

Participants (Members) in the AMPATH Network benefit from:

• ATM and Optical Ethernet peering fabrics
• Intraregional peering over Layer 2 services, including IP VPNs
• IPv6
  • Tunneled now
  • Native after Abilene goes native
• Multicast
• End-to-End performance measurement and monitoring
• VRVS server for Video-over-IP
• Flow-based and QoS-based monitoring using Netflow tools

AMPATH serves its Participants by:

• Coordinating and assisting participants in establishing connectivity to AMPATH. 
• Providing 24x7x365 NOC services (Indiana University NOC).
• Providing leadership and coordination to ensure Participants can reach desired US and non-US R&E networks