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ERC Broadband is a super-regional Internet backbone connecting the educational and research community and offering local access as well as long haul transport with maximum reliability and uptime. E-mail ERCB to receive immediate information.

The ERC has regional POPs in Asheville, Pisgah, Marshall, Burnsville, Waynesville, Cullowhee, Greenville, Spartanburg, and Charlotte supporting:

* Commodity and Internet2 networks
* BGP/OSPF protocols for automated re-routing to geographically diverse upstreams
* IPv6 address space allocation
* VLAN and VPN services
* DNS and NTP services


Internet2 (Abilene)
Led by more than 200 U.S. universities, working with industry and government, Internet2 is a consortium that develops and deploys advanced network applications and technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet. (from the Internet2 website)