UCAR Point of Presence (UPoP)
The UPoP is a consortium of universities, K-20s, non-profit corporations, and government agencies that cooperate in an aggregation point (the UPoP) to share Wide Area Networking (WAN) services, access to the commodity Internet, access to the Abilene (I2) research network, and access to the National LambdaRail (NLR).
UPoP won a UCAR Performance Award, a special recognition award, and a CALET Award. The Board of Directors for the Colorado Association of Leaders in Educational Technology (CALET) voted unanimously to award Jeff Custard and Marla Meehl, as representatives of UCAR, the 2008 CALET Outstanding Friend of Technology Award. CALET is a department of the Colorado Association of School Executives (CASE) and represents CIOs, CTOs, and Directors of Technology statewide.
This project is now fully operational and ongoing. The costs of UPoP are shared among the consortium members, and funding is managed through the UCAR Communications Pool indirect funds.