NYSERNet R&E Network - Overview

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Researchers, educators and students at institutions connected to the NYSERNet R&E Network have access to a high-performance, state-of the-art network with capacity to support such high bandwidth applications as: large-scale data transfers, distributed computing, distance learning, videoconferencing, tele-immersion, interactive teaching, virtual laboratories, and digital libraries.

The R&E Network rides on a statewide optical transport system deployed on dark fiber that is owned, lighted and operated by NYSERNet. The Network employs Gigabit Ethernet technology and offers points of presence (PoP) in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Binghamton, Albany and New York City. Participating institutions throughout the state connect to the network at one of these five regional PoPs, generally at speeds of 200 Mbps or more, primarily using metro or long-haul dark fiber.

Institutions eligible to participate in the R&E Network include all not-for-profit and government entities, as well as for-profit research laboratories that have a research relationship with existing members. Currently, the network serves 422 universities, colleges, K-12 school districts, hospitals, museums, libraries and other research institutions.

The NYSERNet Network offers egress to other national and international research networks primarily via NYSERNet's Manhattan colocation facility. There it exchanges traffic directly with Internet2's national R&E network, ESnet (the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Sciences Network) and CA*net 4 (the Canadian national R&E network). For redundancy purposes, NYSERNet also connects to Internet2's national network in Buffalo.