Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia and Internet2

2013-10-13 Thread Jasper Deng
--- Forwarded message -- > From: Leslie Carr > Date: Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 1:22 PM > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia and Internet2 > To: Wikimedia Mailing List > > > As the network person, I don't really see any benefit in joining > internet2, though I would

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia and Internet2

2013-10-13 Thread Leslie Carr
eslie Carr Date: Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia and Internet2 To: Wikimedia Mailing List As the network person, I don't really see any benefit in joining internet2, though I would see a benefit in possibly peering with them at Equinix Ashburn, since acc

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia and Internet2

2013-10-13 Thread Leslie Carr
As the network person, I don't really see any benefit in joining internet2, though I would see a benefit in possibly peering with them at Equinix Ashburn, since according to their looking glass they have a more direct connection to several AS'es than we do. On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 5:49 AM, Jasper

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia and Internet2

2013-10-12 Thread Jasper Deng
Sneakernets are not particularly convenient. If the organizations of the net wanted to use that for data transfer, the net wouldn't exist. But I still think Wikimedia could increase/streamline accessibility to its information. It probably couldn't happen, but they have more than enough capacity to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia and Internet2

2013-10-12 Thread geni
On 12 October 2013 21:41, Jasper Deng wrote: > We could change that. Suppose a university wants to request the entire > knowledgebase of Wikidata or another project, or if we need to do a mass > transfer of data from them. > Still not significant. The only really large database we have is the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia and Internet2

2013-10-12 Thread Jasper Deng
We could change that. Suppose a university wants to request the entire knowledgebase of Wikidata or another project, or if we need to do a mass transfer of data from them. On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > Jasper Deng, 12/10/2013 21:34: > > Instead of passing throug

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia and Internet2

2013-10-12 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Jasper Deng, 12/10/2013 21:34: Instead of passing through others' routing domains, we would have a direct link/BGP session with them (should be feasible given the proximity of their IXP). suggests th

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia and Internet2

2013-10-12 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Jasper Deng, 12/10/2013 19:35: From http://www.internet2.edu/about/ I see that they are also focused on research. From that, I got the impression that like us, they are committed to the accessibility of knowledge. They state on their website that without them, many college researchers may not

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia and Internet2

2013-10-12 Thread Jasper Deng
From http://www.internet2.edu/about/ I see that they are also focused on research. From that, I got the impression that like us, they are committed to the accessibility of knowledge. They state on their website that without them, many college researchers may not be able to get the information they

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia and Internet2

2013-10-11 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Jasper Deng, 12/10/2013 01:53: I then read the website and found that Wikimedia's and their missions go together very well; part of it is the commitment to sharing and spreading information. Where did you get this impression? I've read a few pages and to me it just seems the typical research n

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia and Internet2

2013-10-11 Thread Jasper Deng
I'm wondering whether Wikimedia has ever considered participating in the Internet2 research network (Wikipedia article; official website ). I had found out about it after reading a news article about how Missouri University changin