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April 24, 2007, 03:50 PM ET
The Internet's New Speed Demons
It might lack the visceral thrill of a jaunt down Bonneville Speedway, but the Internet speed record recently set by researchers at the University of Tokyo is still a milestone worth mentioning.
At the end of December the scientists sent data to Chicago, Amsterdam, Seattle, and back again on Abilene, Internet2's high-speed research network, at an unprecedented rate of 7.67 gigabits per second. The following day the researchers outdid themselves, upping the data-transfer rate to 9.08 gigabits per second. That figure comes pretty close to Abilene's theoretical limit of 10 gigabits per second, according to the Associated Press.
Internet2 officials announced the new record today at their annual spring meeting, in Crystal City, Va. --Brock Read
Categories: Research
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