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A GEANT Leap Forward In Networking For Research

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the forget-the-plunger-build-new-pipes dept.

An anonymous reader contributes: "A research backbone network interconnecting more than 30 countries, through which hundreds of universities can exchange traffic, with a backbone running at 10 Gbps, born on the 1st of December. Yes, it exists, and this research network is not even in the U.S.! GEANT is a european initiative which has just come online, so if you're a student in Europe, you may have noticed a significant change in your downloads speeds since last week. You can even check its weathermap! Well, obviously backbone links are still unused ... but that shouldn't last long, once people notice the sheer amount of bandwidth."

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  1. /.-ing GEANT by chongo · · Score: 0, Redundant
    GEANT ... with a backbone running at 10 Gbps

    But will it survive a /.? :-)

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  2. Re:Will all these end up getting joined one day? by rm-r · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Didn't you see the sign?

    Please Do Not Feed The Trolls

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  3. Re:giants and such by Tebriel · · Score: 1, Redundant

    No, it's a giant step in attempts to thwart slashdotting.

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  4. Re:Will all these end up getting joined one day? by rm-r · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Maybe they're pointing 'up' in a 2-d kind of way at satellites?

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  5. not all that much? by mr.ska · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Maybe I don't know enough about backbone architecture, but isn't an OC3 typical backbone stuff, running at 155Mbps?

    So what's so special about 10Mbps? Am I missing the point?

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  6. Packetloss! by zmooc · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Look at the weathermap carefully and you will notice that some links change color halfway. The only explanation that I can come up with is packetloss:)

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  7. neat by wheel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is great! Too bad, though, it will not make much difference to me out in the sticks with my 56k dialup.