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Net Speed Record Smashed
BrianWCarver writes "The BBC is reporting that scientists have set a new internet speed record by transferring 6.7 gigabytes of data (the equivalent of 4 hours of DVD-quality movies) across 10,978 kilometres (6,800 miles), from Sunnyvale in the US to Amsterdam in Holland, in less than one minute. Average speed: more than 923 megabits per second, or more than 3,500 times faster than a typical home broadband connection. The data was sent across the Internet2 network. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (Slac) Computer Services participated in the record-breaking event. Slac has an interest in such high-speed transfers as they have accumulated the largest known database in the world, which grows at one terabyte per day."
So how many LOC's/hour is that?! ;)
If I have anything to do with it my broadband will NOT be 3500 times slower.....I'm moving to amsterdam!
"It is not how things are in the world that is mystical, but that it exists." -Ludwig Wittgenstein
You just got to love how all internet trafic of today is measured in movies. ;)
It doesn't mention in the article. I remember seeing a couple of times that some Debian stuff was sent for these types of experiements.
But in the absence of real evidence, I prefer to make things up.
They sent pr0n.
ahh, it actually was 4 hours of DVD-quality movies...
It's supposed to be completely automatic, but actually you have to press this button.
Tommorrows headline on slashdot?
If they are using that much bandwidth they must be pirating something.
Hell, my car goes faster than that just sitting in the garage. I know, I timed it, from Apollo 11.
KFG
I've said that no transmission method of bandwidth will ever exceed, in my lifetime, the bandwidth of a station wagon full of backup tapes.
"A simple calculation will make this point clear. An industry standard 8mm video tape (e.g. Exabyte) can hold 7 Gigabytes. a box 50x50x50 cm can hold about 1000 of these tapes, for a total apacity of 7000 Gigabytes. A box of tapes can be delivered anywhere in the US in 24 hours by Federal Express and other companies. The ffective bandwidth of this transmission is 56,000 gigabits/86400 sec or 648 Gbps, which is 1000 times better than the high-speed version of ATM (622 Mbps). If the destination if only an hour away by road, the bandwidth is increased to over 15Gbps."
-- A. Tanenbaum, "Computer Networks, Third Edition"
Namaste
Who's more likely to be stoned? Somebody in Amsterdam, or somebody in the bay area?
No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow. - Cmdr. Susan Ivanova
6.7 gigs? Ah! Now we know where that Longhorn beta was leaked.
I back my hard drives up to /dev/null nightly. It only takes about 2.5 seconds.
In a joint press conference, Hilary Rosen and Jack Valenti have announced that the MPAA and the RIAA will sue the designers and contructors of Internet2 for creating a network so fast that it will certainly create havoc in the movie and music industries.
"You can copy all of the Godfather movies in milliseconds!" Valenti shouted, slamming his fist upon the podium. "We're going to take THIS to the mattresses! To the MATTRESSES!"
Rosen added, somewhat more sedately, that the a user could log into an Internet2 account and download the "greatest hits library of Hansen" in less than five minutes. Rosen refused to comment when a reporter asked her how Internet2 was any different, that similar acts of piracy could be accomplished today using only a dialup modem.
Do you restore from /dev/zero or /dev/random? Zero is faster, but I heard random is more secure.
"Sometimes, I think Trent just needs a cup of hot chocolate and a blankie." -Tori Amos on Nine Inch Nails
Rather unlikely. After all, you have to check that the transmission has ended with no errors.
You know, it's smart alecky people like you who at least double the time to market for all the new technology.
Check for errors.. Bah!
You're probably the type who'd want to test the code before it goes into production.
Sheesh, what next? Put dummies in cars and smash them into walls?!?