We will provide the regular update on the Abilene Network, including a report on the completion of the 10-Gbps upgrade, and subsequent connector upgrades.  We will review the deployment of advanced services such as Ipv6 and multicast, and provide an update on the Abilene Observatory, a project to collect, and provide acces to, a large distributed database of network properties. We’ll also introduce the HOPI project and its relationship to the Abilene network. In addition, we will review the 2004 fee structure for Abilene connections and participation. As always, we will leave sufficient time for questions and open discussion. From the Series:Internet2 Spring 2004 Member Meeting