Massive under-investment for many years. . .

• Most buildings: 1 Gb/s
• Most end-user connections (wired): 100 mb/s
• Totally inadequate for today's data-sets:
  • caused existence of many, many point storage solutions;
  • source of great deal of community frustration, reputational damage. . .
  • Only MIB and Michael Smith have Gb/s to desktop capability

  We need a tactical plan:

  • Campus network upgrade project will take years. . .
  • . . .need improvements in Michael Smith and to/inside CTF now.