Internet2 Network is both a high quality production service platform for advanced networks and a proving ground for advanced network research services. The national optical backbone enables innovative network applications using multiple 100G wavelengths, advanced layer 2 and layer 3 services. 

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The graph above shows the aggregate traffic into the Internet2 IP networks at the edges. Traffic has been classified into “Research & Education” and “Commodity Peering”. Since this measures all the edge interfaces on the Internet2 network, the inbound traffic and the outbound traffic are both equivalent. Click on the links below the graph to navigate timeframes, click on entries in the legend to highlight just that entry, and drag to zoom in on particular timeframes.