D-Bone
Apr 27th '06, 09:27 AM
By sending data using different colors of light, operators of the ultrahigh-speed Internet2 network are hoping to boost capacity by as much as 80-fold to enable researchers to connect telescopes around the world and perform other bandwidth-intensive tasks.
The new network should be in place by fall 2007, said Douglas Van Houweling, Internet2's chief executive.
He announced the plans this week as researchers set a new networking speed record - 8.8 gigabits per second, nearing the Internet2's current theoretical limit of 10 Gbps, which is thousands of times faster than standard home broadband connections.
"We have applications now that need more than 10 gigabits of capacity," Van Houweling said by phone Wednesday from the nonprofit Internet2 consortium's twice-annual meeting in Arlington, Va.
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The new network should be in place by fall 2007, said Douglas Van Houweling, Internet2's chief executive.
He announced the plans this week as researchers set a new networking speed record - 8.8 gigabits per second, nearing the Internet2's current theoretical limit of 10 Gbps, which is thousands of times faster than standard home broadband connections.
"We have applications now that need more than 10 gigabits of capacity," Van Houweling said by phone Wednesday from the nonprofit Internet2 consortium's twice-annual meeting in Arlington, Va.
Read More: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FASTER_INTERNET?SITE=VANOV&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT