Connecting Minds

sc Network is a research and educational network based in the United States. This network focuses on advancing Border Gateway Protocol exploration and facilitates connections among researchers.

Get Connectivity

as an individual student or faculty member

Overview

sc Network is designed to optimize your existing Internet connectivity and interconnnect you with other researchers' network.

  • No Cost
  • Peer Connection
  • Reverse DNS
  • Up to 2.5Gbps Bandwidth
  • Optimized Connectivity
  • Flexible Configuration
  • /32 Public IPv4 Address
  • /60 Public IPv6 Prefix

Importance Notice

sc Network only accept students or faculty member of a regional-accredited educational/research institution connecting from their residential broadband or institutional network.

Connection

sc Network does not bound by any Service-Level Agreement (SLA) with our end users. Therefore, we do not have specific Terms of Service; however, we require all end users to comply with the laws of their local jurisdiction. Any instances of abuse or illegal activity will be reported to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for criminal investigation.

To request utilization of this service, you must acknowledge and agree to the aforementioned. Next, use the button below to send your request to [email protected] from your institutional email.

Current Deployments

sc Network has multiple Points of Presence (PoPs) across continents to enhance connectivity.

Public Interconnection Facilities

🇺🇸 Chicago, IL, USA

Digital Reality Chicago ORD10

350 E Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60616, USA

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🇺🇸 Fremont, CA, USA

Hurricane Electric Fremont 2

48233 Warm Springs Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539, USA

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🇺🇸 Staten Island, NY, USA

Telehouse New York Teleport

7 Teleport Dr, Staten Island, NY 10311, USA

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🇺🇸 Indianapolis, IN, USA

Lifeline Eastgate

401 N Shadeland Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46219, USA

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🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, NW, Germany

Data Center Campus WIIT AG

Am Gatherhof 44, Düsseldorf, NW 40472, Germany

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🇭🇰 Kwai Chung, Hong Kong SAR

Equinix HK2

7/F Kerry Warehouse, 3 Shing Yiu St, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong SAR

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🇯🇵 Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Equinix TY8

2-1-7 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa, Tokyo 140-0002, Japan

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Public Peering Exchange Points

FREMIX

🇺🇸 Fremont, CA, USA

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LocIX Düsseldorf

🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, NW, Germany

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LocIX Frankfurt

🇩🇪 Frankfurt, HE, Germany

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Private Interconnection Facilities

🇺🇸 West Lafayette, IN, USA

SCN Elements

Undisclosed Location

🇺🇸 New York, NY, USA

SCN Cement

Undisclosed Location

🇺🇸 Malibu, CA, USA

SCN Tercero

Undisclosed Location

🇭🇰 Mid-Levels, Hong Kong SAR

SCN Siu Mai

Undisclosed Location

🇨🇳 Guangzhou, GD, China

SCN Cha Siu Bao

Undisclosed Location

Peering

sc Network has generally open peering policies.

Basic Rules

1. You must have a public Autonomous System Number and publicly routable address space.

2. You must have an up to date PeeringDB entry.

3. You must have one or more network administrators that respond to incidents for at least 40 hours (8x5) in a week.

Full Peering Policies

sc Network will peer with networks that are connected to our mutual exchange points or otherwise with arranged Private Network Interconnect (PNI).

To request peering with sc Network, you must acknowledge and accept our Peering Policies.