Forget DSL I want Internet2! - The Orange Mane

Nick C. · 10-10-2004, 05:33 AM

Imagine this. Download an entire DVD movie in the blink of an eye. It's now possible with Internet2.

Scientists at CERN were able to send 859GB of data in less than 17 minutes at a rate of 6.63 gigabits per second, a speed that equals the transfer of a full-length DVD movie in four seconds.

The researchers, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), AMD, Cisco, Microsoft Research, Newisys, and S2IO have successfully tested a new internet2 land-speed record.

The transfer experiment was done between the Geneva, Switzerland home of CERN and Pasadena, California, where Caltech is based - a distance of approximately 15,766 kilometres. Furthermore, this is the first time the 100-petabit metre per second mark has been broken. One petabit equals 1,000,000,000,000,000 bits.

The Internet2, as its known, is presently available to 200 odd member institutions. The Internet2 community has developed a high performance network called Abilene. An important goal for the Abilene network is to provide a backbone network for the internet2.

The Internet2 has established a content-based traffic program to study the performance of advanced content traffic, including video, audio and multimedia streams, as well as advanced uses of standard content such as programs.

Microsoft also created 2.5Gbps link from its Windows Update site to the high performance Abilene backbone so that users at the 200 odd Internet2 member institutions could download Service Pack 2 for Windows XP at 'blinding speed'

http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp...id=53753&s=cpn

Spider · 10-10-2004, 08:49 AM

Damn I am hitting 3.251mps I can blaze through the Internet...... I thought I was fast ..... I want that internet2

Spider · 10-10-2004, 08:54 AM

Here is my speed downloading a game

Play2win · 10-10-2004, 10:01 AM

3 mbps here! I think it actually works out to 2.75 mbps, But I can definitely live with that!!!

Nocturnal · 10-18-2004, 08:27 AM

I can hit 350k easily on a download with cable. I'm happy with that... for now...

10-10-2004, 05:33 AM	#1
Nick C. Ring of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,008	Forget DSL I want Internet2! Imagine this. Download an entire DVD movie in the blink of an eye. It's now possible with Internet2. Scientists at CERN were able to send 859GB of data in less than 17 minutes at a rate of 6.63 gigabits per second, a speed that equals the transfer of a full-length DVD movie in four seconds. The researchers, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), AMD, Cisco, Microsoft Research, Newisys, and S2IO have successfully tested a new internet2 land-speed record. The transfer experiment was done between the Geneva, Switzerland home of CERN and Pasadena, California, where Caltech is based - a distance of approximately 15,766 kilometres. Furthermore, this is the first time the 100-petabit metre per second mark has been broken. One petabit equals 1,000,000,000,000,000 bits. The Internet2, as its known, is presently available to 200 odd member institutions. The Internet2 community has developed a high performance network called Abilene. An important goal for the Abilene network is to provide a backbone network for the internet2. The Internet2 has established a content-based traffic program to study the performance of advanced content traffic, including video, audio and multimedia streams, as well as advanced uses of standard content such as programs. Microsoft also created 2.5Gbps link from its Windows Update site to the high performance Abilene backbone so that users at the 200 odd Internet2 member institutions could download Service Pack 2 for Windows XP at 'blinding speed' http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp...id=53753&s=cpn

10-18-2004, 08:27 AM	#5
Nocturnal Bailey PWNZ Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Englewood Posts: 52	I can hit 350k easily on a download with cable. I'm happy with that... for now... Last edited by Nocturnal; 10-18-2004 at 08:28 AM.. Reason: sorry for bringing up a week old topic

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10-10-2004, 08:49 AM	#2
Spider Mr Diplomacy I survived Tebow Mania at the Mane Join Date: May 2001 Location: Elway was just an arm =MacGruder Posts: 84,438 Adopt-a-Bronco: Von Miller	Damn I am hitting 3.251mps I can blaze through the Internet...... I thought I was fast ..... I want that internet2

10-10-2004, 10:01 AM	#4
Play2win Ring of Famer Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 9,610 Adopt-a-Bronco: The Duke	3 mbps here! I think it actually works out to 2.75 mbps, But I can definitely live with that!!!