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Intenet2 Backbone Upgrades

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can-i-have-one-of-those-please dept.

An anonymous reader "Looks like Abilene, the backbone for Internet2 will join Canada's CA*Net3 and Europe's GEANT as one of the fastest research networks on the planet. According to this press release, Internet2 will be deploying 11 of Juniper network's freshly announced T640 platform. These puppies can cram 32 OC-192 (or 128 OC-48) interfaces into a single chassis. All in half a rack, too!" I'm sure those students are very happy with their ping times. Meanwhile in the real world... ;)

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  1. But Why? by ThOr101 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Without napster, do we really need all that bandwidth anymore? ;-)

  2. Intenet2? Whats that... by kramerj · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot needs a speel cheeker...

    Kramer

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  3. Start typing those proposals now! by Saint+Aardvark · · Score: 4, Funny

    "...and this is why I think it is very important to study the effects, upon international policy-making by semi-marginalized non-governmental stakeholders, of three-day Quake matches. I thank the comittee for their time."

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  4. Whoops! sorry.... by nochops · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Designed for deterministic performance with 640-Gbps font-panel throughput and 1,280-Gbps rear-panel throughput"

    That's a lot of bandwidth killed if someone trips on the power cord.

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    "A terrorist is someone who has a bomb but doesn't have an air force." -William Blum
  5. Internet.... There are two??? by kingharrison · · Score: 4, Funny

    The internet? that thing still around?
    -Homer

  6. Internet2 0wnz by Tom7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, we are very happy with how fast our Quake 3 Arena games are...

  7. Re:Microsoft & Internet2 by Captain+Large+Face · · Score: 4, Funny

    I could hit 1meg a second to windowsupdate.microsoft.com

    That must be fantastic -- imagine having to only spend a couple of hours downloading security updates.