July 9, 2004

The Next Information Superhighway

By VINCENT KIERNAN

Universities are creating a muscular new computer network, but it offers more than some want

Graphic: Map of the National LambdaRail fiber-optic network and connection pointsBy VINCENT KIERNAN

Tom Goodale needs a really muscular network connection. Forget a typical campus Internet hookup, much less -- horror of horrors! -- dial up.

Mr. Goodale, a research associate at Louisiana State University's Center for Computation & Technology, uses supercomputers to

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