Editing Abilene Network (section)

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'''Abilene Network''' was a high-performance [[backbone network]] created by the [[Internet2]] community in the late 1990s. In 2007 the Abilene Network was retired and the upgraded network became known as the "Internet2 Network".<ref name="line">{{cite web |author= Robert H. Zakon |url= http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/ |title=Hobbes' Internet Timeline 10.1 |accessdate= September 16, 2011 }}</ref>