The Internet2 effort in Puerto Rico is currently coordinated by the High Performance Computing facility of the University of Puerto Rico system.

The network is centered at the UPR GigaPoP, located at the High Performance Computing facility of the UPR, on the grounds of the Botanical Gardens North near the Villa Nevarez entrance.

Institutions currently connected to the UPR GigaPoP. Each of these institutions has an ATM link between themselves and the Centennial ATM backbone.

The GigaPoP of the University of Puerto Rico is also connected to the Centennial ATM backbone, but with a physical connection with a bandwidth of one Gigabit per second. Because the GigaPoP is collocated within the machine room of the High Performance Computing facility, effectively the HPCf is the fifth institution connected to the Internet2 network. The HPCf has several Gigabit Ethernet connections directly to the core of the GigaPoP.

The PRISA network is connected to the Internet2 backbone (Abilene) through a connection transiting through the NAP of the Americas in Florida. This particular circuit is Gigabit Ethernet, with 200 Mbps available during normal operations.

• Internet2 connections to UPR-RRP, UPR-RCM, UPR-RUM, and the US mainland were completed Thursday September 20, 2001.
• Internet2 connections to the UPR campuses of Arecibo, Bayamon, Carolina, Cayey, Humacao, Ponce and Utuado were completed in February 2006. Only remains a connection to UPR-Aguadilla which should be completed in February 2006.

The high bandwidth to the GigaPoP will serve well those researchers of the UPR interested in performing calculations and /or visualization activities with the supercomputing servers of the HPCf. We have intentionally connected the main servers directly to the GigaPoP router with two gigabit Ethernet connections, thus maximizing their accessibility for the demanding traffic generated by the HPCf users.

Basic information about the Internet2 project can be found at http://www.internet2.edu.