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3 - Canada
4 - WIP
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6The [[CANARIE]] network is a high speed research network connecting academic institutions and some accelerators. It previously featured physical servers for usage by Canadians, but now hands out AWS credits.
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8What if we expanded a Canada-based high speed network (10Gbps+) and had people install and run servers in a very decentralized way?
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10e.g. Mac Studio clusters
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12## Expanding a High Speed Network
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14### Vancouver
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16We've now got a "standard" business connection from TELUS at [[Z-Space]] that is 3Gbps symmetrical, for about $160CAD / month, including 5 static IP addresses. That's pretty fast, and we intend to host some things locally.
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18A few doors down, [[Brewster Kahle]] and [[The Permanent Library]] of [[Internet Archive Canada]] have a 10Gbps connection that we could connect directly to.
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20[[221A]] have their [[Node Library]] project and a mini-server room in their new building on Pacific and could connect.
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22I have connections at TELUS that might be supportive of this work.
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24* What can we do with 10Gbps or 100Gbps connections? What equipment is capable of such speeds?
25* Expand CANARIE (or a new, bottoms up network) outside of "just" academic institutions -- startups, non-profits, creative spaces
26* Run software as a commons for specific purposes -- p2p except over a managed
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28### Toronto
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30[[Hypha Co-op]] have a rack at Front Street
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32[[1RG]] might be a physical space to run some things.
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34[[535 Toronto]] could get looped in.
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36### Calgary
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38[[831 House]] in Calgary.
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40## Local Hardware
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42Heterogeneous hardware