The full set of Abilene primary participant and APAN authorized institution routes are exchanged. Information collected regarding status will be reported in the TransPAC Annual Report. Generally only a small subset of session advertisements are seen. No cause has been identified. Multicast monitoring tools at STAR TAP are needed to aid analysis.
Expenditures are within budget.
Nothing to report. Continue work on the follow-up of application and researcher status. Continue with the process for upgrading TransPAC bandwidth to meet current market pricing. Performance measurement of the 70 Mbps service. Additional work in establishing a reliable environment for performance testing.