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WHAT IS AMPATH™

AMPATH serves as the premiere interconnection point for network-enabled U.S.-Latin America and Caribbean science research and education. Through its exchange point facilities in Miami, Florida, high-bandwidth network services are available for U.S. and international research and education networks to extend participation to underrepresented groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. AMPATH works as a major research facility recognized by the U.S. National Science Foundation, supporting international e-science.

AMPATH provides a variety of connection technologies:

  • Layer2 ethernet connections, up to 10 Gigabits per second, including ethernet vlans mapped using Next-Generation SONET/SDH protocols.
  • Packet Over SONET (POS)/Synchronous Data Hierarchy (SDH) connections.
  • Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) connections.
  • Standard interface configuration includes support for jumbo frames.

 


 
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