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On Apr 25, 2007, at 9:23 AM, Jan McLaughlin wrote: > Holy smokin'. > > That's fast. > > When? > > When for us? > > When? > > Jan Never... > > On 4/25/07, bordercollieaustralianshepherd < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Blazing! >> <http://multicast.internet2.edu/> >> >> < >> http://events.internet2.edu/2007/spring-mm/sessionDetails.cfm? >> session=3191&event=267 >>> >> >> By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer Tue Apr 24, 6:33 PM ET >> <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070424/ap_on_hi_te/faster_internet_4> >> NEW YORK - A group of researchers led by the University of Tokyo has >> broken Internet speed records twice in two days. Operators of the >> high-speed Internet2 network announced Tuesday that the >> researchers on >> Dec. 30 sent data at 7.67 gigabits per second, using standard >> communications protocols. >> ADVERTISEMENT >> >> The next day, using modified protocols, the team broke the record >> again by sending data over the same 20,000-mile path at 9.08 Gbps. >> >> That likely represents the current network's final record because >> rules require a 10 percent improvement for recognition, a percentage >> that would bring the next record right at the Internet2's current >> theoretical limit of 10 Gbps. >> >> However, the Internet2 consortium is planning to build a new network >> with a capacity of 100 Gbps. With the 10-fold increase, a high- >> quality >> version of the movie "The Matrix" could be sent in a few seconds >> rather than half a minute over the current Internet2 and two days >> over >> a typical home broadband line. >> >> Researchers used the newer Internet addressing system, called >> IPv6, to >> break the records in December. Data started in Tokyo and went to >> Chicago, Amsterdam and Seattle before returning to Tokyo. The >> previous >> high of 6.96 Gbps was set in November 2005. >> >> Speed records under the older addressing system, IPv4, are in a >> separate category and stand at 8.8 Gbps, set in February 2006. >> >> The Internet2 is run by a consortium of more than 200 U.S. >> university. >> It is currently working to merge with another ultrahigh-speed, >> next-generation network, National LambdaRail. >> >> The announcement of the new record was made at the Internet2 >> consortium's spring meeting, which ends Wednesday in Arlington, Va. >> >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > > -- > The Faux Press - better than real > http://fauxpress.blogspot.com > http://twitter.com/fauxpress > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
