Connecting Minds

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

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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
  • /48 Public IPv6 Prefix

Important Notice

As of October 2025, sc Network is no longer accepting new connections due to capacity limitations. Existing connections remain unaffected and will continue to operate without interruption. Service acceptance may resume upon further notice.

Current Deployments

sc Network has multiple Points of Presence (PoPs) across the 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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🇺🇸 Indianapolis, IN, USA

Lifeline Eastgate

401 N Shadeland Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46219, USA

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🇺🇸 North Kansas City, MO, USA

1530 Swift

1530 Swift St, North Kansas City, MO 64116, 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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🇨🇦 Toronto, ON, CAN

Equinix TR2

45 Parliament St, Toronto, ON M5A 0G7, CAN

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🇬🇧 London, GBR

Digital Reality London LON2

11 Hanbury Street, London, E1 6QR, GBR

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🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, NW, DEU

Data Center Campus WIIT AG

Am Gatherhof 44, Düsseldorf, NW 40472, DEU

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🇯🇵 Shinagawa, Tokyo, JPN

Equinix TY8

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

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🇭🇰 Kwai Chung, HKG

Equinix HK2

7/F Kerry Warehouse, 3 Shing Yiu St, Kwai Chung, HKG

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Public Peering Exchange Points

KCIX

🇺🇸 North Kansas City, MO, USA

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F4IX

🇺🇸 North Kansas City, MO, USA

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STLIX

🇺🇸 Saint Louis, MO, USA

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HOUIX

🇺🇸 Houston, TX, USA

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FREMIX

🇺🇸 Fremont, CA, USA

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ONIX

🇨🇦 Toronto, ON, CAN

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LONAP

🇬🇧 London, GBR

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LocIX Düsseldorf

🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, NW, DEU

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LocIX Frankfurt

🇩🇪 Frankfurt, HE, DEU

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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 84 hours (12x7) 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.