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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. The Map by DaveWick79 · · Score: 4, Informative

    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?

    1. Re:The Map by Phisbut · · Score: 3, Insightful

      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?

      If by "fully implement" you mean "make it accessible to every Joe Somebody like the Internet 1 is", then I hope never. The original internet was intended for science and education, then AOL arrived and now it's filled with Viagra and Paris Hilton videos. Let's hope we learned from our mistakes and leave this Internet2 alone, out of commercial reach.

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  2. 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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  3. Direct link to press release by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    The press release: https://mail.internet2.edu/wws/arc/i2-news/2007-06 /msg00003.html

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

    it is supposed to be Internet 2.0!

  5. Where do we stand? by bogaboga · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Are we still behind countries like Korea and Canada on this front with this development? Let an informed soul clarify.

  6. Re:Still on dial-up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The Internet2 was designed as a testbed for applications by universities and corporations. It was not designed to improve connection speeds to the internet for individuals. It is more like the ARPANET than the internet. Some applications designed on Internet2 may migrate to the users on the internet, but there are no plans for users of the internet to migrate to Internet2.

  7. 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!!"

  8. Re:Meaningless by bockelboy · · Score: 4, Informative

    Anyone know what the first file sent across it was? I'd imagine either pics of Xena or a Stargate: Atlantis episode.
    Hi,

    I transferred some of the first files over this network. It was Monte Carlo physics data produced for the CMS project. It took us about 20 minutes to go from 0 to 6.5 Gbps (we have a 10Gbps link to I2).

    P2P is not a big application on I2. Simply put, clients like Bittorrent don't scale well for individual transfers and there aren't enough transfers to really aggregate to an impressive number.

    I expect at least 100 Mbps per file using our transfer tools, then transfer many files at once.
  9. Misused term by sherriw · · Score: 3, Informative

    Internet2 is a trademarked non-profit organization name. The network they are making is called the Abilene Network.