New Internet2 Speed Record Set

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Joris Evers, IDG News Service In what is billed as another step toward a higher-bandwidth Internet, a team of researchers has set a new data transmission speed record over the Abilene Network, the Internet2 backbone.

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The researchers from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and Geneva-based CERN (news (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual ... news&cs=nw) - web sites (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual ... =nw&p=CERN)) transferred data across nearly 11,000 kilometers at an average speed of 6.25 gigabits per second, CERN says in a statement.

The achieved speed is about 10,000 times faster than a typical home broadband connection, according to CERN.

The speed record was set in the ongoing Internet2 Land Speed Record competition and was announced this week at the Spring 2004 Internet2 member meeting in Arlington, Virginia. Internet2 is a group of over 200 universities that work with the technology industry and government to develop the next-generation Internet.

Broken Records

The Caltech and CERN team had previously set a mark of 4 gbps over the same distance from Los Angeles to Geneva using next-generation Internet Protocol version 6 protocols. The 6.25 gbps record was set using current Internet Protocol version 4 protocols, according to the statement.

The record-setting work is important for the development of grid networks used by scientists. Home users likely won't need this type of bandwidth anytime soon.

Studies have shown that high-energy physics, astrophysics, fusion energy, climatology, bioinformatics, and other fields will need networks that can transfer data in the terabit-per-second range within the next 10 years, Harvey Newman, a professor of physics at Caltech, says in the statement.

A terabit is one trillion bits. A gigabit is 1 billion bits.

A terabit is a lot of data and to travil at that speed, WOW

RW

For a guy who put his first 6MHz, multi-user UNIX server on-line using four 300 Baud Hayes modems (upgraded within a year to the newfangled 1200 Baud Hayes), the 3.6Mb/s my current internet connection runs at is amazing, and seems nearly instantaneous.



Thinking about a nearly 2000X increase in network speed seems ridiculous for my uses these days. Unbelievable.

Considering the changes I've seen in just the time I've been on-line (since June '82), I can't really imagine where we are going. None of what I take for granted in networking and computing these days was even conceivable when I started. Seriously!

The fact I'm using a CPU that exceeds 1GHz and has 70 times more RAM than my first UNIX server had hard drive is mind boggling.

Heck, the direct comparison of my Mac's current Gig of RAM with the then absolutely astounding full-house 768K of RAM in my old UNIX server (256K on each 7x12 inch memory card) doesn't even make sense.

Good thing I don't even try to keep up with the very latest.

I'm a wuss. Still use a dialup, happy to get 50K/sec.

But really, this is all I need for my modest requirements.

I have a 56K modem and get and effective rate of about 26.4 kbps... I refuse to pay $50 a month for a cable modem. I Can think of new drapes or my dining room chairs for that much money.

But at work we have a T1 to use.

Dave

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:47 am New Internet2 Speed Record Set

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The researchers from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and Geneva-based CERN (news (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual ... news&cs=nw) - web sites (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual ... =nw&p=CERN)) transferred data across nearly 11,000 kilometers at an average speed of 6.25 gigabits per second, CERN says in a statement.

The achieved speed is about 10,000 times faster than a typical home broadband connection, according to CERN.

The speed record was set in the ongoing Internet2 Land Speed Record competition and was announced this week at the Spring 2004 Internet2 member meeting in Arlington, Virginia. Internet2 is a group of over 200 universities that work with the technology industry and government to develop the next-generation Internet.

Broken Records

The Caltech and CERN team had previously set a mark of 4 gbps over the same distance from Los Angeles to Geneva using next-generation Internet Protocol version 6 protocols. The 6.25 gbps record was set using current Internet Protocol version 4 protocols, according to the statement.

The record-setting work is important for the development of grid networks used by scientists. Home users likely won't need this type of bandwidth anytime soon.

Studies have shown that high-energy physics, astrophysics, fusion energy, climatology, bioinformatics, and other fields will need networks that can transfer data in the terabit-per-second range within the next 10 years, Harvey Newman, a professor of physics at Caltech, says in the statement.

A terabit is one trillion bits. A gigabit is 1 billion bits.

A terabit is a lot of data and to travil at that speed, WOW

RW

I have Earthlink DSL and get on an average one megabit connection speed. To each his own, but I can't imagine going back to living with dial-up.

Tomas (imported) wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:47 pm For a guy who put his first 6MHz, multi-user UNIX server on-line using four 300 Baud Hayes modems (upgraded within a year to the newfangled 1200 Baud Hayes), the 3.6Mb/s my current internet connection runs at is amazing, and seems nearly instantaneous.



Thinking about a nearly 2000X increase in network speed seems ridiculous for my uses these days. Unbelievable.

Considering the changes I've seen in just the time I've been on-line (since June '82), I can't really imagine where we are going. None of what I take for granted in networking and computing these days was even conceivable when I started. Seriously!

The fact I'm using a CPU that exceeds 1GHz and has 70 times more RAM than my first UNIX server had hard drive is mind boggling.

Heck, the direct comparison of my Mac's current Gig of RAM with the then absolutely astounding full-house 768K of RAM in my old UNIX server (256K on each 7x12 inch memory card) doesn't even make sense.

Good thing I don't even try to keep up with the very latest.

My first computer was a casio FX750P which I still own. You couldn't even get on line with that. My Second computer ran at 16mhz and was chock full of RAM at an unbelievable 8MEGs! I was so impressed that it was color that I never noticed how slow it and the modem(1200) were until I couldn't log onto my favorite BBS. My laptop is faster lighter and much more powerful and I can find free Wi-Fi in hundreds of locations when I travel. Some times progress is good.

Jema

When I started in the business, it was on an IBM1401, It was about 8' long, 6' hi and 4' deep. The memory was all wire and the machine had 8K of memory. My next machine was a Univac90/30 with 96K, it was the next upgrade that we finally got rid of the cards and had dumb terminals to use. Today I have a 2.ghz processer, with 1 gig of memory, more disk space then the first 4 machines I used in business, and the thing is so fast . My first home PC was an apple IIe.

We have come a long way. I dont miss the days of wiring boards, and 10" flopys, removable hard drives that were about 30 lbs each, or the tape drives that were 6 ' tall. reel to reel. I dont miss those days at all.

RW

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2004 4:20 pm When I started in the business, it was on an IBM1401, It was about 8' long, 6' hi and 4' deep. The memory was all wire and the machine had 8K of memory.

RW

I have a framed piece of memory honoring my Stepfather. The note on the back reads in part:

"This is a piece of computer memory from the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory's DEC PDP6 computer. It is made of copper wire with ferrite rings and was hand woven in Taiwan by women with small hands."

I think it looks like a piece of fabric woven by and art student. Neat stuff to look at......It was state of the fart in 1970 something but I would hate to see what 60 Gigs would look like! lol

Jema