The Three Rivers Optical Exchange is a regional network aggregation point providing high speed commodity and research network access to sites in Western and Central Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The Exchange is based at Carnegie Mellon University and is operated and managed by the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. While the primary focus of the Exchange is to provide cost effective, high capacity, state-of-the-art network connectivity to the university community, this infrastructructure also provides well defined network services to both community (K12, government) and commercial entities in Western Pennsylvania. University member sites currently include: Carnegie Mellon University, the Pennsylvania State University, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, the University of Pittsburgh and West Virginia University.

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PSC & Cisco Researchers Author New Internet Standard
[2007.10.24]
Researchers from PSC's Advanced Networking group in collaboration with Cisco Systems have proposed a new Internet standard to help diagnose and resolve network performance problems.

Penn State connects to national research network
[2006.06.29]
Researchers and scientists at Penn State now have the ability to use virtually unlimited bandwidth to expand methods of data acquisition and collaboration.

National Lambdarail Launches Transit and Peering Project
[2006.04.20]
Five NLR Members Begin Project to Improve Network Performance and Reduce Costs of Internet Services.

PSU and TelCove Partner on Major Joint Fiber Build
[2005.11.28]
Link Established from State College Campus to Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center for Very High Speed Internet Access

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