ESSC End-user Connectivity WG

• intra-ESnet connectivity good

• ESnet <=> University connectivity often bad

• ESSC set up WG to look at problem

  • Ranked top 20 university sites by ER funding
  • Monitored from SLAC & FNAL
  • Identified worst (bad (6) to poor (8) performance)
  • Recommended Esnet look at 6 BAD sites to understand costs of improving, DOE/ESnet will provide money
  • Typical Frame Relay 1.5Mbps connections $1-3K/month

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BAD: UWash, Purdue, JHU, UOregon, Harvard, Duke

POOR: UCSD, UWisc, UPenn, UMd, UMich, OColo, UCIrvine

Define scenario, get price

Esnet agreed to fund 6

Contact BAD universities, see if still interested & how to proceed

HEPNRC looking to connect Purdue as pilot

Concerns over connection to Internet 2 AND Esnet.