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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. A Beowulf cluster in every pot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    see subject, thanks.

  2. And here's how it works... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    They do the same in my city.


    [sydney.com.au]

    --Please Taco, ban all links to

  3. good test for Liberman by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What a nice test bed for the theory of "voilent games causing violence" since they will all shortly become addicted to Quake 3 etc.

    I can hear it now, "wtf 3ms?! These pings suck!!!" rat-tat-tat-tat

  4. The Full story written by the team by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Here's the full story on Yahoo as written by the team themselves.

  5. Re:Kiwi's with a supa fast MAN? by Eskimo+Bob · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Everyone sleeps with sheep.
    I do, and you do too (don't deny it, I KNOW it's true).

    Sheep are just so fluffy and cuddly, how can you NOT sleep with them?

    --
    I am a big, fluffy, cute, cuddly bunny. fear me.
  6. Re:FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    More like Notorious NIG.

  7. Re:Kiwi's with a supa fast MAN? by billcopc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Australians say that New Zealanders sleep with sheep.

    New Zealanders say Australians sleep with sheep.

    and Canadians say everyone's fucked anyway.

    (hey, I hit the Karma cap, what else is there left to do than troll ? Lord Taco, nix the cap please!)

    --
    -Billco, Fnarg.com