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New Internet2 Land Speed Record

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the infinite-bandwidth-now dept.

SquadBoy writes "An international team set a new record for Internet performance by transferring the equivalent of an entire compact disc's contents across more than 7608 miles (12,272 km) of network in 13 seconds. The rate of 401 megabits per second achieved in transferring 625 megabytes of data from Fairbanks, Alaska to Amsterdam in the Netherlands is over 8000 times greater than the fastest dial-up modem."

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  1. that's fast by Kargan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If I'm not mistaken, that's approximately as fast as a 7200rpm ATA/66 drive can transfer data, say, to another partition on the same drive, or what have you.

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  2. In other news... by dada21 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The RIAA and MPAA have both come out proclaiming Hayes' new 4800 baud modem with MNP5 as the best connection system possible, and are subsidizing the conversion from broadband to these hardware devices with a $50 rebate until the end of the year.

  3. It has to be said... by bravehamster · · Score: 5, Funny
    747 chock full o' DVD's can beat that any day of the week. That includes a 4 hour layover in Osaka.

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    1. Re:It has to be said... by Jon+Abbott · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Andrew Tannenbaum put it best with, "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway."

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  4. Obligatory Simpsons Quote: by Navius+Eurisko · · Score: 5, Funny

    Marge: "Does anyone need that much porn?"

    Homer (drooling): "One million times faster...."

  5. wow by teslatug · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally finding the pr0n becomes the bottle-neck.

    Pr0n jokes are obligatory for this kind of story, read the manual.

  6. at the RIAA headquaters... by DanThe1Man · · Score: 5, Funny

    News of faster internet made HIllary Rosen faint.

    Someone shouted, "quick get some smelling salts".
    Someone else said, "Here, use this sharpie marker."

  7. Land Speed Record by yobbo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Amsterdam and Alaska are separated by water, so I don't see how this can be a new land speed record, unless Jesus is involved.

  8. LOC? by sean23007 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but how many Libraries of Congress is that? Until they release their accomplishment in Libraries-of-Congress-per-second, it means absolutely nothing to me, or anyone else. Right?

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  9. Statistics Schmastics by aengblom · · Score: 5, Funny

    is over 8000 times greater than the fastest dial-up modem

    I just LOVE sem-relevant comparisons! ;-). And the fastest car on earth goes 8000 times faster than I crawl! Next time let's compare it to at least DSL!

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  10. So... there is already a new by JFMulder · · Score: 5, Funny

    Napster on Internet 2? Damn these guys are quick!!!

  11. From the Article by Quizme2000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Debian Woody in less than two minutes"

    Any woman will tell you waiting more than 90 seconds for a "Debian Woody" is unacceptable. My personal best is nearly 1/3 of that.

    Its a joke..get it? No...RTFM

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  12. Old news! by chuckcolby · · Score: 5, Funny

    They actually had it ready 2 weeks ago, but were unable to transfer the cd until they used a felt tip marker around the edge.

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  13. The guy that got sacked (again) by reality-bytes · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does anybody remember this urban legend?

    There was a IT engineer based in London who was sacked because he couldn't get the ping rate between the London and N.Y.C. corporate offices below 20ms.......His boss didn't see the "speed of light" as a valid excuse!!

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  14. Re:Ping rate? by edrugtrader · · Score: 5, Funny

    lets just say you've lost before your computer even boots up

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