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Ioman
03-10-2003, 11:11 AM
"Scientists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center used fiber-optic cables to transfer 6.7 gigabytes of data -- the equivalent of two DVD movies -- across 6,800 miles in less than a minute. The team was able to transfer uncompressed data at 923 megabits per second for 58 seconds from Sunnyvale, California, to Amsterdam, Netherlands. That's about 3,500 times faster than a typical Internet broadband connection. "

http://www.designtechnica.com/article.php?sid=2877

This is way cool to hear. I am excited for when internet speeds this fast reach consumers. Of course their connection was fast when they ran these tests....there was only 2 people on it LOL.

But seriously, this is way cool stuff here.

RageSlave
03-10-2003, 06:16 PM
I'm Fraggin! I need a hook up of that. Wonder what peak time is like?

Ioman
03-10-2003, 06:23 PM
Originally posted by RageSlave
I'm Fraggin! I need a hook up of that. Wonder what peak time is like?

Word, I wonder what a ping on a network like that would be! Isn't that like gigbit ethernet speeds or faster!?

RageSlave
03-10-2003, 07:14 PM
giga X3.5!