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Internet2, the high-speed academic and research network that connects Carnegie Research I and II universities, currently has over 170 primary members and recently began sponsoring secondary members.
While primary members pay to participate in Internet2 and have various privileges associated with their membership, secondary members aren't required to make the financial and technical investments associated with being full primary members.
Typically, these secondary participants comprise nonprofit or government organizations devoted to research or education that routinely collaborate with primary members on instructional and/or research projects and services.
To date, six organizations have been approved for secondary membership in Internet2:
Seattle Community College District
http://www.sccd.ctc.edu/
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation (VHF)
http://www.vhf.org/
Eastern Oregon University
http://www2.eou.edu/
Oregon Institute of Technology
http://www.oit.edu/
Southern Oregon University
http://www.sou.edu/
Western Oregon University
http://www.wou.edu/
The four new Oregon secondary members are sponsored by the University of Oregon and connect to Internet2 via the Oregon Gigapop, which is located in Eugene and is operated and managed by the UO.
When connection of these secondary members to Internet2 is complete, their traffic will be able to flow over Internet2 just as traffic from the University of Oregon, Oregon State, and Portland State currently does.
Extensive discussions about the form and direction of the secondary program, particularly as it applies to state K12 networks, are currently underway within Internet2 itself.
For more information about Internet2, see http://www.internet2.edu/ A current list of secondary members is available at http://www.ucaid.edu/abilene/html/secondaries.html