Here's a quote from something I just saw in the news: "Scientists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center used fiber-optic cables to transfer 6.7 gigabytes of data -- the equivalent of two DVD movies -- across 6,800 miles in less than a minute.
Pushing the tech envelope The team was able to transfer uncompressed data at 923 megabits per second for 58 seconds from Sunnyvale, California, to Amsterdam, Netherlands. That's about 3,500 times faster than a typical Internet broadband connection. " Okay, 923 Mbps is a speed record? An OC-48 is roughly 2.6 times faster and they're fairly common. What's the big deal about 923 Mbps? I realize that I must be missing something very obvious here but I don't understand the milestone they're claiming to have passed. Admittedly, I'm about to fall asleep in my chair but that's par for the course with me. :-) So, what's the big deal? In a world of OC-192 and up, why is <1Gbps so earth shattering? John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=64767&t=64767 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
