EVN e-VLBI report
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Current status:
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Now connected: Mc, On, Tr, Wb, Jb, Cm at 1 Gbps
               Ar at 155 Mbps

Connectivity: 
-Ar limited to 64 Mbps (at best)
-128 Mbps is routinely achieved from all European stations.
-256 Mbps is mostly possible, although not always from Tr.
-512 Mbps is mostly possible from Wb and On, sometimes Jb.

Mixed test/science e-VLBI runs are now scheduled at regular intervals
throughout the year.

e-VLBI operations at stations and correlator have been greatly
streamlined and simplified. Issues with robustness remain.

A motherboard upgrade of one Mark5 at Jb has made 512 Mbps data 
transfer from Jb possible for the first time.

Last week: first ever real-time fringes to Mc (at 128 Mbps)

Near future:
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The upgrades from Surfnet5 to Surfnet6 (production network in Dwingeloo
already connected, e-VLBI fibre next) and from Geant to Geant2 are
ongoing, opening the way for dedicated lambda-switched lightpaths to the
telescopes.

Connection to Mh expected soon.

The EXPReS project has now officially started, several positions have been 
advertised.