The regular update on the Abilene Network, including a report on the status of the 10-Gbps upgrade now nearing completion.  Review of the deployment of advanced services (e.g. native v6) and the Abilene Observatory, a project to collect and provide access to a large distributed database of network properties. In addition, the 2004 fee structure for Abilene connections and participation will be reviewed. From the Series:Internet2 Fall 2003 Member Meeting