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In NZ, Sharing Ethernet With A Whole CIty

Posted by timothy on from the vpn-clients dept.

ryuko writes: "Normally LANs are used by a single organization at best, but Wellington's 13-square-mile LAN comprises many of the city's businesses. The city council garnered a UNESCO Digital Access Award in recognition of its achievement in installing the 1,000 Mbps network. The full article is here on ZDNet. Drool ... gigabit internet ..."

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  1. Until it gets tot he US by ruvreve · · Score: 3, Funny
    New Zealand has a fiber optic pipe that crosses the Pacific Ocean, which maintains generally high bandwidth along the way

    And then when the fiber connection terminates somewhere in the United States we slow it back down so those people down under don't look better then us.

  2. Imagine a beo... by liquidsin · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...awww, fuck it.

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