NYSERNet's New York City Metro Dark Fiber Network

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NYSERNet and Optical Initiatives 

in 

New York State 

CEF Workshop, Prague – May, 2006 

Tim Lance 

NYSERNet 

New York’s Networking Future

About NYSERNet 

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New York State Education & Research Network 

Not a state agency. 

A 501(c)(3) not-for-profit established in 1985. 

One of the original NSFNET regional networks. 

Creator of two for-profit companies: AppliedTheory & PSInet. 

A member organization; activities supported largely by fees. 

Board of Directors composed primarily of NYS university CIOs. 

Offices in Syracuse and Albany. 

Staff of fifteen, majority in Syracuse. 

Solving network-related problems of mutual concern to our 

members.


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Board Represented Institutions 

Alfred University 

American Museum of Natural 

History 

Binghamton University 

City University of New York 

Clarkson University 

Columbia University 

Cornell University 

Hofstra University 

Marist College 

New York Public Library 

New York University 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 

Rochester Institute of Technology 

Rockefeller University 

Stony Brook University 

Syracuse University 

University at Albany 

University at Buffalo 

University of Rochester

The NYSERNet Board of Directors 

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Commercial Internet

The Broadwing Network

Commercial Internet 

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Members Connected to Broadwing (3,294 Mb) 

Albert Einstein College (24 Mb) 

Amer. Museum of Nat. His. (24Mb) 

Brookhaven National Lab. (40 Mb) 

Canisius College (24 Mb) 

City Univ. of New York (300 Mb) 

Clarkson University (30 Mb) 

Columbia University (375 Mb) 

Cornell University (200 Mb) 

Daeman College (24 Mb) 

Erie Community College (25 Mb) 

Hofstra University (155 Mb) 

Monroe #1 BOCES (50 Mb) 

New York Public Library (100 Mb) 

New York University (300 Mb) 

Niagara University (24 Mb) 

Rensselaer Poly. Institute (200 Mb) 

Rochester Inst. of Tech. (375 Mb) 

Rockefeller University (50 Mb) 

SUNY Potsdam (24 Mb) 

Syracuse University (200 Mb) 

Univ. at Albany (200 Mb) 

Univ. at Buffalo (300 Mb) 

University of Rochester (200 Mb) 

Weill Medical College (50 Mb)

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New York City Fiber and Collocation

NYC Metro Dark Fiber 

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New York City Metro Dark Fiber 

Support for low-cost, high-speed, customer-designed 

networks that facilitate a variety of applications with 

nearly unlimited upgrade-ability. 

Custom designed, multi-strand dark fiber plant. 

Twenty-Year IRU. 

Groundbreaking in 2002. 

Covers Manhattan and parts of the Bronx. 

XYZ ring connects major carrier hotels. 

Carrier class colocation space at 32 AoA.

Z 

X 

Y 

X 

Backbone Ring 

Future Backbone Ring 

Carrier Hotel 

NYSERNet’s New York City Metro Dark Fiber Network - Manhattan

Backbone Ring 

Future Backbone Ring 

NYSERNet’s New York City Metro Dark Fiber Network – South Bronx

NYC Metro Dark Fiber 

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Participating in the NYC Metro Fiber Project 

American Museum of Natural History 

City University of New York (7 Locations) 


Fordham University (2 Locations) 

Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

New York Presbyterian Hospital (8 Locations) 


The Rockefeller University 

Weill Medical College (2 Locations) 

United Nations* 

* Anticipated

Carrier-Class Collocation 

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Thirty-two Avenue of the Americas 

A center for low-cost, high-speed, flexible 

interconnections for the statewide, national and 

international R&E communities. 

Carrier-class colocation services. 

1000 sq. ft. in Rudin Management’s The Hub. 

Owned and operated by NYSERNet. 

Meet point for NYC Metro Fiber participants. 

Home of Internet2’s MAN LAN, CA*net4 and an NLR node. 

Peering for national and international R&E networks. 

Access to NYSERNet, to each other, and to a host of 

Internet and voice providers.

NYSERNet’s The Colo@32 at Rudin Management’s The Hub

(Why NYC?) East Coast Telecommunication Facility Landings

Carrier-Class Colocation 

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Colocated with NYSERNet in 32 A of A 

American Museum of Natural His. 




Fordham University 

Mount Sinai School of Medicine 

New York Presbyterian Hospital 


NYSERNet 



Weill Medical College 

NEREN* 

* Anticipated 

CA*net 

CERN 

GÉANT 

HOPI 

NYU’s IBM JS20 

MAN LAN 

GLIF 

National Lambda Rail 

SURFNET 

SINet 

TWAREN 

United Nations* 

Massachusetts Institute of 

Technology*

NYC Nonprofits 

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Over 27,000 registered nonprofit organizations including over 9000 

public charities1 Public charities account directly for $43 billion in annual 

expenditures2 , more than 528,000 jobs, or 14% of New York City's 

employees, and annual payroll of more than $22.7 billion3 . 

Charities had assets of $65 billion and revenues of more than $48 

billion in the year 2000, which is larger than New York City's 

manufacturing sector. 4 

An estimated 200,000 additional jobs result indirectly from 

nonprofits’ purchase of goods and services from private firms. 5 

[1] http://www.nycnonprofits.org/exec_summary/index.html. 

[2] “Public charities have annual revenues exceeding $25,000 and submit annual financial reports to the IRS on Form 990.” 

(http://www.nycnonprofits.org/exec_summary/index.html) 

[3] http://www.nycnonprofits.org/exec_summary/index.html. 

[4] Ibid. 

[5] Ibid.

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Statewide Optical Infrastructure

The NYSERNet R&E Network 

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Research and Education (R&E) Network 

High-performance capabilities for demanding network 

applications, ubiquitously available and affordable. 

Dedicated to research and education applications. 

Uncongested, low latency, low jitter, plus advanced 

features (e.g. IPv6 and IPv6 multicast). 

GigE network built on NYSERNet optical infrastructure. 

Egress to Internet2’s Abilene network. 

POPs in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany and New York. 

Most member connections at 200 Mb. 

IAS provides R&E and Internet on single local loop. 

Network owned and operated by NYSERNet.

NYSERNet’s Dedicated Research & Education Network

NYSERNet’s Optical Infrastructure 

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Optical Infrastructure 

High-performance capabilities for a new breed of network 

applications. 

Built on dark fiber obtained under twenty year IRU. 

POPs in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany and New York. 

Utilizes Cisco 15454 and ROADM technologies. 

Capacity today to deploy up to 32 simultaneous 10Gb 

lambdas. 

Anchor tenant: NYSERNet R&E Network (using 4 lambdas). 

Future uses: private networks between and among 

NYSERNet members; private connections to national and 

international lambda-based networks; transport for other 

R&E networks via lambda swapping; grid computing.

The NYSERNet R&E Network 

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Connected to the NYSERNet R&E Network 

Albert Einstein College of Medicine 

American Museum of Natural History 

Bard College 

Binghamton University 

Brookhaven National Lab. 


Clarkson University 



Fordham University 

Hofstra University 

IBM Watson Research Lab. 

Marist College 

Monroe #1 BOCES 

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine 

The New School 

* anticipated 

New York Public Library * 


Pace University 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 

Rochester Institute of Technology 



SUNY Geneseo 

SUNY Potsdam 

Syracuse University 

United Nations * 

University at Albany 

University at Buffalo 

University of Rochester 

Upstate Medical University 

Weill Medical College

Projects & Initiatives 

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Business Continuity Data Center 

Center where NYSERNet members can deploy mission 

critical applications and data integral to their disaster 

recovery and business continuity strategies. 

Leverage the NYSERNet optical infrastructure. 

Leverage NYSERNet skills and knowledge: engineering, 

project management, colocation facility construction. 

Leverage Central New York location and infrastructure. 

Status – feasibility study underway for NYSERNet Board 

review in June and Q2’ 2007 service availability.


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Network Expansion 

Extending a POP into the Southern Tier of NYS. 

Extending optical and R&E services to Binghamton University 

and others, potentially. 

Fiber and equipment RFP process underway. 

Recommendations to the NYSERNet Board in December. 

Major challenge: availability and cost of dark fiber. 

Also in the works: 

Northern Tier 

Long Island 

East Side of Hudson

NYSERNet’s Optical Transport Infrastructure


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Other Initiatives 

Connecting K12 

New York City Fiber Expansion 

HOPI (Hybrid Optical Packet Infrastructure) 

GLIF (Global Lambda Integrated Facility) 

NeLR (Northeast Lambda Rail) 

Linking HPC Centers and Grid Computing 

Buffalo CCR 

70+ teraflop CCNI at RPI 

Interconnecting computational biology centers 

Connecting to New England, New Jersey, and Westward 

Wave Swapping

External Factors – Government and Industry 

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The Optical Jungle 

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up 

It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed 

Every morning a lion wakes up. 

It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. 

It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. 

When the sun comes up, you better start running. 

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African proverb

Activities in Washington 

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Rewrite of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 

Network Neutrality. 

E-Rate 

Universal Service Fund. 

Widespread Deployment of Broadband

Activities in Washington 

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Security/Law Enforcement 

Roles of FCC, Legislature, and Law Enforcement 

CALEA. 

Patriot Act 

Record Retention ...

Carriers 

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Competitors or Partners 

Reaching remote areas, student ghettos, … 

R&E/Carrier Partnerships 

Competition/Halting Initiatives

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Thank You 

NYSERNet, Inc. 

100 Elwood Davis Rd. 

Syracuse, New York 13212 

315-413-0345 

NYSERNet, Inc. 

385 Jordan Rd. 

Troy, New York 12180 

518-283-3584

NYSERNet's New York City Metro Dark Fiber Network

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