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Kai, Our first tier and some second tier IDD topology nodes are all on vBNS. Without this architecture the data rates and latencies would be unacceptable. At this time we estimate that the IDD delivers over 180 gigabytes of data over 150 sites per day. For detail information on the IDD data rates and architecture look at our IDD web pages. at: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/idd/statsummary.html http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/idd/iddgeneral.html#status If you have any questions let me know. Robb... On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Kai Chen wrote: > > Dear Robb Kambic, > > We are preparing a report to NSF about vBNS utilizations, and your Unidata > IDD project comes into our scope. > > We would like to know the status of your project, how much network > bandwidth being used, and your future plans, etc. Could you please send me > an email, or call me at 217-265-4078? > > Thank you. > > -Kai > > -- > Kai Chen Research Programmer > 217-265-4078 NLANR Application Support > address@hidden NCSA - U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > > =============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ===============================================================================