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New Internet Speed Record

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. food by austad · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is almost fast enough to be an effective medium for burritos. Mmmm... Chipotle.

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  2. That's... by thinkninja · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    One porn DivX per second. Cool!

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