The Southeast Network Access Point (SNAP) and the Georgia Technology Center (GTC) announced they have joined Allied Fiber’s Dark Fiber Community. The Dark Fiber Community is an online resource created to assist those building new and extending existing dark fiber networks.
“We are pleased to welcome GTC to the Industry Associations and Analysts sections of the Dark Fiber Community,” states Hunter Newby, Founder and CEO of Allied Fiber and Founder of the Dark Fiber Community.. “Established to provide a secure environment for communications network hardware vendors to come and showcase their equipment and technologies, GTC fits nicely within the ideals of the Dark Fiber Community.”
GTC is a test bed and live production facility for network communications equipment located in the heart of network interconnections in Atlanta, Georgia. Functioning as a full-service, vendor and carrier-neutral facility, GTC is designed specifically to meet networking equipment vendor's needs to demonstrate their products to local, national and global network operators. Notable members include the Southeast Network Access Point (SNAP).
“We are also excited to welcome SNAP to the Internet Exchanges - Peering section of the Dark Fiber Community,” continues Newby.. “SNAP’s next-generation Internet Exchange (IX), advanced peering and SDN networking expertise will be a valuable addition to the over 100 members of the Community. The SNAP's open-network SDN philosophy coupled with its active Brocade switch deployment and A-list anchor members give it an advantage in the market as a platform for application development making it a excellent addition to the Dark Fiber Community.”
Via the Colo Atl facility, SNAP offers 100 Mbps ~ 10Gbps access ports, and both IPv4 and IPv6 peering. Route servers allow networks to simplify their peering operations, while SNAP permits other traditional peering models utilizing either user-managed peering or VLANs as needed to meet member objectives. SNAP also provides an exchange for Software Defined Networks (SDN), initially peering with the regional research and education networks, and ultimately into the commercial networking space. SDN peering on SNAP benefits from the technical expertise of the Georgia Institute of Technology, US Ignite, the National Science Foundation’s Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI), Southern Light Rail and PeachNet, all of which are Charter Members.
To learn more about SNAP please visit www.southeastnap.com or email info@southeastnap.com. All network equipment vendors interested in becoming a GTC Member should email: info@georgiatechnologycenter.com or visit the website at: www.georgiatechnologycenter.com.
