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Global Connectivity: World Regions

 


 

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A diverse networking environment

Transatlantic IP Connectivity to North America

Dedicated circuits for guaranteed bandwidth and performance

Learn more about GÉANT's North American Partners

 

North America

A diverse networking environment

The North American research networking environment is more diverse than in Europe, with research networking connectivity provided by CANARIE in Canada, and three main research and education networks in the USA: ESnet, Internet2 and the NASA Integrated Services Network (NISN).

There is a long–standing relationship between pan-European research networking and North American research networks. The connections to North America are key in enabling research collaboration on intercontinental projects, and are particularly significant for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, a number of the data-processing centres for which are located in North America.

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Transatlantic IP Connectivity to North America

Researchers in Europe can connect to their counterparts on the various North American networks via transatlantic IP capacity totalling 60Gbps.

This connectivity is provided by the following diverse links:

End A​ End B​ ​Capacity Connects to​
Frankfurt​ Washington DC​ 3 x 10Gbps​ ESnet
Internet2
NISN
Amsterdam ​New York ​3 x 10Gbps C​ANARIE
ESnet
Internet2
SINET3 *
TWAREN *

*SINET and TWAREN, research and education networks for Japan and Taiwan respectively, also peer with GÉANT in New York.

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Dedicated circuits for guaranteed bandwidth and performance

Where projects and researchers need to exchange large amounts of data with their project counterparts in North America or have high performance requirements, GÉANT Plus point-to-point circuits can be provisioned to the CANARIE, Internet2 and ESnet networks.

This dedicated connectivity is carried on diverse links:

 

 

End A​ End B​ ​Capacity Connects to​
Paris New York 10Gbps CANARIE
ESnet
Internet2
Amsterdam Chicago ​10Gbps ESnet
Internet2

 

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Learn more about GÉANT's North American Partners

Click on the links below to learn more about GÉANT's North American collaboration partners:

CANARIE , Canada
ESnet, USA
Internet2, USA
NASA Integrated Services Network (NISN), USA   

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