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NetTN Quarterly Update
The end site migration of the NetTN core began on January 25, 2009 and completed on June 30, 2010, with 1,840 sites migrated and a first time success rate of 96%. The NetTN engineering team is always evaluating ways to grow and enhance the high-speed core to accommodate our ongoing growth and the changing needs of our NetTN Partners.
- Additional Provider Edge router in our Memphis NAP – completed Q1 2010. The addition of this new router will allow the NetTN Network to support additional end sites and bandwidth needs within the Memphis region.
- Provider Edge Link Upgrades from 1G to 10G Core - completed Q1 2010. All connections between NetTN core and NetTN edge routers were upgraded to 10G uplinks. To accommodate the upgrade, new hardware was tested and installed in the chassis.
- New 10G Internet connection from our Nashville NAP – completed in March 2010. A new 10G Internet connection was brought on line 3/28/10. Our partners in Benton County and the Office for Information Resources joined us for testing. The upgrade was completed within the scheduled maintenance window and there were no outages reported during or after the upgrade.
- Added K-12 to Internet 2 on April 1st. The Franklin Special School District joined us for testing during the maintenance window and no outages were reported during or after the change. Internet 2 provides dedicated bandwidth to the K-12 community for education and research.
- Additional Provider Edge routers in Nashville and Knoxville NAPs – to be completed in Q2/Q3 2010. The addition of these new routers will allow the NetTN Network to support additional end sites and bandwidth needs out of the Knoxville and Nashville regions.
- Internet Border Router - Chassis Upgrades - to be completed in Q3 2010. Plans are underway to perform hardware upgrades to the Internet border router chassis in Nashville and Knoxville.
- Provider Edge Router Technology Upgrades - Q3/Q4 2010. All provider edge routers in the NetTN network will be upgraded with additional processing power and memory, along with a technology refresh for private line T1 related services.