Internet2’s head honcho said today that the advanced networking consortium is phasing out its 7-year-old Abilene network and replacing it with a backbone supporting 10 10Gbps lambdas initially and 80 eventually. The word is that Internet2 isn’t renewing its contract with Qwest, but isn’t saying yet who the new carrier is. “The new network will allow Internet2 to “focus on the trains, not the tracks,” says Internet2 CEO Doug Van Houweling. Read more here on Internet2’s plans.More Internet2 news here. Bob Brown, bbrown@nww.com Related content news analysis iPhone 8 Rumor Rollup: Cranking up the processors; 3D cameras; $1K-plus price With iPhone 8 A11 processors reportedly in production, the next great Apple smartphone is starting to feel more real By Bob Brown May 14, 2017 3 mins Small and Medium Business Smartphones Apple news analysis SNL one step ahead of Amazon with Echo Silver In SNL spoof, Amazon and AARP team to address senior citizens' most pressing digital assistant needs By Bob Brown May 14, 2017 1 min Small and Medium Business Amazon.com Collaboration Software news analysis You really should know what the Andrew File System is "Model of storing data in cloud and delivering parts of it via on-demand caching at the edge is something everyone takes for granted today," one AFS creator says By Bob Brown May 10, 2017 7 mins IT Training Open Source Servers news analysis Getting a jump on private LTE networks Federated Wireless, Lemko join forces on CBRS wireless networks for private LTE By Bob Brown May 08, 2017 3 mins Small and Medium Business Internet of Things Mobile Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe