New Internet Speed Record

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday April 20, 2004 @04:52AM from the thats-a-lot-a-nekkid dept.

Himanshu writes "Researchers have set a new data transmission record over the Internet2's high-speed backbone. The new record announced Tuesday at the Spring 2004 Internet2 member meeting in Arlington, Va., was for transmitting data over nearly 11,000 kilometers at an average speed of 6.25 gigabits per second. This is nearly 10,000 times faster than a typical home broadband connection. The network link used to set the record spans from Los Angeles to Geneva, Switzerland."

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The carrier pigeons are in for some competition by jrj102 · 2004-04-20 04:53 · Score: 5, Funny

Finally, the Internet will be able to compete on a level playing field in terms of bandwidth with carrier pigeons. :)

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I just hope this never gets to Joe User. by Tuxedo+Jack · 2004-04-20 04:55 · Score: 5, Funny

If that happens, imagine the DDoS power from a group of infected Windows boxes.

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Undocumented bandwidth usage limit by weave · 2004-04-20 04:57 · Score: 5, Funny

I bet they probably hit their undocumented bandwidth usage limit and will be getting a nasty letter from their service provider telling them to knock it off! :)
Dial-Up and Shell Accounts by OrangeTide · 2004-04-20 04:59 · Score: 5, Funny

Is anyone offering dial-up and shells for Internet2? I'm tired of the Internet1.

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Re:Wow... by RealityMogul · 2004-04-20 05:03 · Score: 5, Funny

What? You must not be one of the customers of the ISP I work for. According to them we have "the Internet" in our server room. Several have even asked for a copy on CD, so they can use it while they're away from their computer.

Seriously, one person did say that.
Okay, but how does it get to the computer? by jmlyle · 2004-04-20 05:08 · Score: 5, Funny

I mean, my laptop can only do Gigabit Ethernet. Will all of that data just kind of smush up on the other side of the wall until it bursts the wire?

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Re:Wow... by p3d0 · 2004-04-20 06:35 · Score: 5, Funny

In the 1950s I had a customer who wanted the Internet on punch cards.

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Newsflash: Record Holders Create Kazaa Supernode by popo · 2004-04-20 06:45 · Score: 5, Funny

"Within minutes of breaking the Internet speed record the elated researchers moved their entire DivX collection into a mysterious folder titled 'My Shared Folder', and began slapping high fives."

"When asked to explain their actions, the researchers only comment was 'Free pr0n!! Free pr0n!!' The exact meaning of this phrase is not yet known. -AP"

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