Internet2 operators set new internet speed record
By Darren Murph | April 25, 2007
Filed under: Networking
We all know that data transmission records don’t hang around too long these days, but for operators of the Internet2 network, the final “official record” may have just been set. At the Internet2 consortium’s spring meeting, it was announced that officials “sent data at 7.67-gigabits per second using standard communications protocols,” but crushed even that milestone 24 hours later by achieving 9.08Gbps with IPv6 protocols. Notably, the data had to travel a whopping 20,000 or so miles roundtrip, and it’s being suggested that the newest record may be there awhile, considering the theoretical 10Gbps limit on Internet2 transmissions and the requirement for new records to sustain “a ten-percent improvement for recognition.” The best bit, however, is the mention of a “a new network with a capacity of 100Gbps,” which could see a full-blown DVD shot practically around the globe “within in a few seconds.”
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