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Internet2 Deployment Reaches Major Milestone
An anonymous reader writes "Internet2 today announced that the first East to West Coast span on its new nationwide 100 gigabit per second network has been completed and is providing production IP and circuit services. This deployment marks another major milestone in bringing leading- edge networking resources to the research and education community in the United States."
What's to stop someone like National American University or University of Phoenix from getting access to this and spamming the hell out of me? They already do it with snail mail
See http://www.internet2.edu/network/library/deploymen t_phases.pdf
Almost as interested as what is covered is what is not yet covered. Does anyone know how long they expect this to take to fully implement?
Then, after that - pr0n, spam, hax0rs, skr1p7 k1dd13z, and all the rest.
After all, the first part of "Internet2" is "Internet".
Won't it be great? Getting all those worms delivered at breakneck speeds?
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The press release: https://mail.internet2.edu/wws/arc/i2-news/2007-06 /msg00003.html
I'm too far away for DSL. There is no cable modem service in my street. Am I stuck with dial-up to this mega-network? If so, progress seems a long way off to me.
"education community"
'Cough' P2P ?
Great ! I need a bigger pipe for my porn and music shares !
(and no my pipe is plenty big as is.. pervs)
Guns are for wimps... Use a crossbow.. this way you can pin them to their chair when you go postal.
it is supposed to be Internet 2.0!
I would like to know what brilliant innovations the Internet2 brings to its users. I just want to know the possibilities that lies in our future Internet, when it has the speed of Internet2.
-- tinyhack.com
Until telcos can/will guarantee fiber to your door, I can't understand why everyone gets all excited about "Internet2" reaching new speed records. Anyone know what the first file sent across it was? I'd imagine either pics of Xena or a Stargate: Atlantis episode.
Are we still behind countries like Korea and Canada on this front with this development? Let an informed soul clarify.
Oh shit, I didn't realise I was on the wrong version. I better upgrade quick.
Internet1 replies "I remember when we had to walk uphill through a 9600 baud line, both ways!!"
I have looked at the partner sites for the project http://international.internet2.edu/partners/ there doesn't seem to be much progress outside of the US. Are there plans for any that anybody is aware of?
Will Internet2 always be the academic side, Internet1 remains separate, and they will just be upgraded in sections in the coming years? Will Internet2 always be the faster of the two? Will it serve as the proving ground for technology that later filters down to Internet1?
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i haven't seen a single reference which suggests that this internet2 will benefit society any more than a beowulf cluster of station wagons would.
... internets!
Shit. Are we really calling it that?
"No, no, no, don't tug on that! You never know what it might be attached to."
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With InternetX deployed last August (2020), we can now surf the Internet Way Back Machine 4.0 by directly accessing web pages in the past. The only thing we have to over come is that we have to assign NATted TSC/IP addresses (also known as IPv32, 32 sets of 32bit strings) to address computers in the TSC (time space continuum). (Oh, I've already got my lawyers working in 2007 to cover patents on TSC/IP)
Your puny Internet2 was relegated to serve up Paris Hilton news and 24/7 coverage of the Anna Nicole Clones Show on the White Trash Network (formerly known as FoxNews).
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Where do I donwload Internet 2 ?
My Starcraft 2 Blog
But who hammered in the Golden Fiber Spike?
_/\ - Sturgeon's Law: 90% of everything is crud.
The thought of simulated wood paneling is indeed compelling.
They have 100G of CAPACITY, not a 100G link. We are all still poking along at 10G (OC192). This press release is designed to hype the capabilities of the vendors involved. So great, they can run 10, 10Gig connections on the same fiber path. I dont see this as a 'major milestone' at all.
The new Internet2 Network will initially provide members with 100 Gbps of
capacity as well as increased bandwidth flexibility to serve the evolving
needs of the research and education community. In 2006, Internet2 announced
an agreement with Level 3 to deploy a next-generation nationwide network.
Level 3 is deploying Infinera's Digital Optical Networking equipment across
the dedicated high capacity backbone to enable dynamic optical circuit
provisioning for the Internet2 community. Internet2 has also partnered with
Ciena Corporation to deploy their CoreDirector Multiservice Switch for
switching and sub-wavelength grooming services which allows members to
customize their connections from 10 Gbps down to 51 Mbps to meet their
institutional networking needs. Internet2 will deploy its current Juniper
T640 routers to provide advanced IP capabilities.
Internet2 is a trademarked non-profit organization name. The network they are making is called the Abilene Network.
how is it i pay but they get if anyone should get a fater pipe first it the people who pay for it.
I figure 640 gigabits should be enough for anyone, so they still have a way to go.
Back in my day we connected our calculators with two tin cans and a piece of string. And we liked it!
> What's to stop someone like National American University or University of Phoenix from getting access to this and spamming the hell out of me?
Other than Internet2 not being connected to the internet you and I are on now? Not much...
At my school, we've got access to Internet2, but I haven't really figured out a way to utilize it. Does anyone know of a way the network can be accessed for transfers? I ran a test on my machine that said it could access Abilene, but I haven't really found a way to know i'm using it.
I'm curious if it is automatic for some uses, like distros from other institutes. I downloaded Knoppix in a short length of time from Duke while in my dorm room, averaging speeds between 800-1500KB/s.
Anyone know how easy/hard it is to use the network? Or at least point me in the right direction?
Will Internet2 have twice the tubes or tubes twice the size?
Nice Andrew S. Tanenbaum reference.
in Russian hearings, you can scream your space.
100Mbps to the home, wow nice, now I can get much faster pr0n downloads and 100x more v14gra spam.