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Internet2 Deployment Reaches Major Milestone

Posted by samzenpus on from the they-grow-up-so-fast dept.

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."

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  1. And it will only be a matter of time... by blcamp · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...before legitimate commerical interests take old.

    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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    1. Re:And it will only be a matter of time... by spellraiser · · Score: 4, Funny

      pr0n, spam, hax0rs, skr1p7 k1dd13z

      One of these does not belong ...

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    2. Re:And it will only be a matter of time... by MaXimillion · · Score: 5, Funny

      Then, after that - pr0n, spam, hax0rs, skr1p7 k1dd13z, and all the rest. Won't it be great? Getting all those worms delivered at breakneck speeds?
      If your pr0n involves worms, you might want to keep it to yourself, as most of us do NOT want to know about it :p
    3. Re:And it will only be a matter of time... by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

      pr0n, sp4m, hax0rs, skr1p7 k1dd13z


      One of these does not belong ...


      Fixed.
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  2. Typo in the headline... by cccc828 · · Score: 5, Funny

    it is supposed to be Internet 2.0!

  3. damned kids by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Internet1 replies "I remember when we had to walk uphill through a 9600 baud line, both ways!!"