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World's Fastest Internet Transfer Rate?

Posted by Cliff on from the king-of-the-bandwidth-hill dept.

vrioux asks: "While browsing through available Internet service offerings in my area, I became puzzled by the large amount of different speed records that seem to have been achieved in the past months. Some say that 5.44Gbits was the fastest ever achieved, while others seem to think 923Mbits is still in the race. Is there anybody who really knows who holds the Internet transfer world speed record?"

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  1. Obvious answer... by i.r.id10t · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... a 747/station wagon/fed ex truck or similar full of $mediaofchoice

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  2. What distance... by pvt_medic · · Score: 4, Informative

    are they measuring. I mean its one thing to have a really fast transfer rate from computer to computer if they are right next to each other, its another thing to go half way around the world.

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    1. Re:What distance... by Fizzl · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Well... How about reading the articles?

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  3. Hrumph by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Is there anybody who really knows who holds the Internet transfer world speed record?"

    No, but I have a compelling essay about who was the best Star Trek captain. I have some time tomorrow night if you'd like me to read it to you. /*I hope the mods are in good humor today*/

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  4. Did the poser of the question read the dates? by dougmc · · Score: 4, Informative
    First, the 5.44 Gbps record --
    New Internet speed record set by Euro-US labs ( 2003-10-16 04:51)
    And now the 923 Mbit/s record --
    Scientists: Internet speed record smashed By Jeordan Legon CNN Friday, March 7, 2003 Posted: 1:50 PM EST (1850 GMT)
    Since the lower rate happened earlier, it would seem logical that one record was set back in March, and it was broken back in October.

    Roughly 100 years ago, the world record for powered airplane speed was probably under 60 mph ... I imagine it's somewhat faster now.

    (Of course, `Internet Speed Record' ... who really cares? I'll care when I can have this transfer rate to my house for $60/month :)