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What's a GigaPOP?
GigaPOP's are network regional aggregation locations. Today's Internet traffic does not flow based on geographic proximity; instead, traffic flows according to where the different telecommunications carriers agree to exchange information.  GigaPOPs will pass research and education traffic based on regional proximity.  Thus, network traffic flowing out of the region will have a remote location as its final destination, rather than flowing out and coming back to the same region over separate carriers.

Gulf Central GigaPOP
University of Alabama System campuses sign agreement with ITC^DeltaCom for connections to Internet2; Alabama Supercomputer Authority to provide Network Operations Center Services.  December 10, 1998.

GCG News PRESENTATION: Alabama's Internet2 and Advanced Networking Infrastructure - Alabama EPSCoR meeting February 25, 1999 Auburn Alabama Birmingham-Atlanta high performance network link upgraded to(OC12 = 600Mb/sec, April 1999. GulfCentral gigaPOP network operations center (NOC) to be provided by Alabama Supercomputer Authority/Alabama Research and Education Network. March 1999 Gulf Central gigaPoP connections to be provided by ITC^DeltaCom ; high speed connections among UAB, UA, and UAH campuses and to Internet2. December 12, 1998