Become a Link Oregon Member
Member-driven community leadership
Powered by our members, Link Oregon is a statewide non-profit connecting Oregon’s universities, K-12 schools, municipal governments, tribes, and non-profits to resilient, high-speed fiber optic broadband.
Link Oregon provides more than internet connectivity – we are a reliable, expert resource to make your systems future-ready, resilient, and affordable.
For our members, we are a strategic partner, advocate, consultant, and connector.
Quick Facts about Link Oregon
- 2500+ route miles of fiber, serving 600+ locations across the state of OR
- Non-profit model enables high-touch service with mission to connect Oregon to affordable, secure, broadband.
- Provides best-in-class service to more than 60% of K-12 students, Oregon’s public universities, and the State’s Enterprise Information Services
- Advanced and scalable fiber optic network for Internet transit and transport up to 100Gbps – with an upgrade project underway to 400Gbps
- Membership Includes: K-12 Schools, Community Colleges, Higher Ed Public and Private Baccalaureate Universities, Libraries, State and Local government, Community Anchor Institutions, Public Health Institutions, Oregon Tribes
Services
Ethernet Transport Service
Carrier-grade, redundant connectivity that scales up to 100Gbps, extensive peerings with major Internet Exchanges, partnerships with leading ISPs for last-mile connectivity, support for DDoS and more…
Premium Internet Transit Service
For Oregon K-12 ESDs, Museums and Libraries, we are the sole Support Organization for the Internet2 eduroam global free Wi-Fi connectivity service and help these members with implementation guidance and more…
Cloud Connectivity
Multi-site connectivity up to 100 Gbs with flexible topologies, built-in redundancy, network segmentation for improved security and better user access policies, and more…
eduroam
We support public connections to cloud providers via multiple peerings as well as private Layer 2 and Layer 3 connections to major cloud infrastructure via the Internet2 Cloud Connect (I2CC) service. Learn more…
Member Benefits
24 x 7 Support
24x7x365 Tier 1 NOC support/triage, and filed operations
Tier 2/Tier 3 support with Link Oregon
Visit our support center.
Monitoring and reports
We provide a number of network performance monitoring tools and dashboards.
BGP Communities
Link Oregon uses BGP Communities to both describe routes learned from other networks and to influence traffic. Partners can use these communities to develop their BGP policy with Link Oregon.
Hardware/Software Discount Programs
Members can access exclusive deals on training, software licenses, and hardware through a variety of innovative member-focused partnerships.
Network Strategy/Consulting
Benefit from the insights, guidance and deep networking domain expertise of our senior technical team of network architects and engineers as you plan for new service rollouts.
Community Engagement
Becoming a Link Oregon member opens the door for you to get actively engaged with your peers in our 50+ member community on sector-specific best practices, policy and technology issues.
Advanced Research Computing Community of Practice
For Oregon educational institutions, we offer participation in a statewide community of research practitioners and guidance on accessing HPC resources for STEM education.
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