The Front Range GigaPOP (FRGP) is a consortium of Universities, non-profit corporations, and government agencies that cooperate in an aggregation point called the FRGP in order to share Wide Area Networking (WAN) services, access to the commodity Internet, access to the Abilene (I2) research network, and access to the National LambdaRail (NLR). The current members are listed on the FRGP Members page.
The FRGP is one of several gigapops in the US. Gigapop members typically enjoy reduced costs, shared expertise, shared services, increased buying power, and economies of scale.
NCAR/UCAR provides the engineering and Network Operations Center support for the FRGP.