Physicists smash internet speed record

theski · Post by **theski** » 2003-10-17 09:13pm

GENEVA - Researchers have more than doubled the world speed record for internet data transfer.

Scientists at the CERN particle physics laboratory in Switzerland sent the equivalent of a full-length DVD movie in about seven seconds.

Colleagues at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) received the data.

The land record was set on Oct. 1 by transferring 1.1 terabytes of data over a 7,000-kilometre link in less than 30 minutes, the team said.

The average transfer rate was 5.44 gigabits per second (Gbps), which broke the previous record of 2.38 Gbps – more than 20,000 times faster than a typical home broadband connection.

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/10/17/net_speed031017

Now that is a Fat Data Pipe

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-10-17 09:24pm

So that explains why it took forever to download porn that day.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-10-17 09:25pm

Excellent... Now we just have to make that type of bandwidth available to people :$

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-10-17 09:36pm

How much porn did those people need?

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-10-17 09:41pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote: How much porn did those people need?

Well, you realize that this means that we are one step closer to being able to have full virtual-reality porn flicks, delivered via streaming data...

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-10-17 10:04pm

Fucking sweet! Where do I sign up for this broadbroadbroadbroadbroadband?

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-10-17 10:11pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote: How much porn did those people need?

You can never have enough.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-10-17 10:32pm

Exonerate wrote:Excellent... Now we just have to make that type of bandwidth available to people :$

Assuming a broadband connection is $30 a month, you could have a service 20,000 times faster than a normal broadband connection at the low, low price of $600,000 a month!

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-10-17 11:08pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Assuming a broadband connection is $30 a month, you could have a service 20,000 times faster than a normal broadband connection at the low, low price of $600,000 a month!

That's a lot of 7/11s to knock off.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-10-17 11:19pm

Wicked Pilot wrote:
Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Assuming a broadband connection is $30 a month, you could have a service 20,000 times faster than a normal broadband connection at the low, low price of $600,000 a month!
That's a lot of 7/11s to knock off.

Assuming you get $500 a knock off, that's 120,000 knock off. That's 4000 a day. You'd be so busy you couldn't use it.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2003-10-17 11:42pm

Well, we now know what bill gates is buying himself for christmas.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-10-17 11:47pm

I believe this is part of Internet2, the all University-Government-Research-only internet meant to provide a means of transferring the huge quantities of data, collected at facilities like CERN, to places that would process and use that data, like Caltech and MIT.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2003-10-17 11:50pm

I still say that bill gates is getting this for as his own christmas present and hooking it into the regular internet. What else do you do when your a multi billionaire tech geek?

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-10-17 11:50pm

Of course, the original Internet was never meant to become what it is today, so who knows what will happen with this hyperband stuff?

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-10-18 12:12am

The problem with connecting this to Internet1 is that the systems on the public internet are not capable of such speeds. Server computers only put out at MOST 1Gb/s with new Gigabit technology, and on average little more then 10/100 speeds. The smaller computers would be lucky to get more then 10/100 speeds at all, given that their connection through their ISP to Internet2 would be limited to their current speeds.

Our computers and internet infrastructure are not capable of dealing with Internet2 datarates. I'm much more interested in getting fiberoptic to the home, as well as completely wireless anywhere anytime access to the internet. You give me a Global from E:FC and I'll be a happy man. Boy. Whatever.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-10-18 12:22am

darthdavid wrote:I still say that bill gates is getting this for as his own christmas present and hooking it into the regular internet. What else do you do when your a multi billionaire tech geek?

Build a giant laser and then try and kill James Bond?

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2003-10-18 12:26am

Gil Hamilton wrote:
darthdavid wrote:I still say that bill gates is getting this for as his own christmas present and hooking it into the regular internet. What else do you do when your a multi billionaire tech geek?
Build a giant laser and then try and kill James Bond?

You forgot attempting world domination but Bill is already well on his way there.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-10-18 01:13am

Watch the RIAA and MPAA people shit themselves when they learn that it will soon be possible to download full movies and huge amounts of songs in a fraction of the time.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-10-18 01:14am

Gil Hamilton wrote:
darthdavid wrote:I still say that bill gates is getting this for as his own christmas present and hooking it into the regular internet. What else do you do when your a multi billionaire tech geek?
Build a giant laser and then try and kill James Bond?

Or a giant island fortress with a big self destruct button?

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-10-18 01:19am

Darth Fanboy wrote:Watch the RIAA and MPAA people shit themselves when they learn that it will soon be possible to download full movies and huge amounts of songs in a fraction of the time.

The FCC is moving to put digital rights management into all hardware (computers, tvs, EVERYTHING) so the MPAA won't be shittin their pants unless the FCC doesn't get it's way. And since the FCC makes these laws, and since they're steadfastly moving for the DRM incorporation, it's very likely to happen.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-18 03:44am

kojikun wrote:I believe this is part of Internet2, the all University-Government-Research-only internet meant to provide a means of transferring the huge quantities of data, collected at facilities like CERN, to places that would process and use that data, like Caltech and MIT.

This isn't Internet2, which essentially uses the bog-standard Internet protocols but over high-speed links.

Metrion Cascade · Post by **Metrion Cascade** » 2003-10-18 07:14am

theski wrote: Now that is a Fat Data Pipe

I wants me some of that fat data pipe...(spooj eruption)

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2003-10-18 07:36am

Wow! This really makes my built-in 56k look like what it is; crap!
I would have an up to 10 Mb connection via radio if hadn't been for those fucking "electricity allergic" people that are protesting against the antennas which gives them imaginairy headaches or something

! (How strange that they aren't affected by electricity unless they know or think it's present...)

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-10-18 10:10am

Damn, that pipe would be fat enough to drive a juggernought down....

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-10-18 12:39pm

phongn wrote:This isn't Internet2, which essentially uses the bog-standard Internet protocols but over high-speed links.

I just read the article, and it does indeed say that this is involved with Internet2:

Researchers announced the record on Thursday at the Internet2 conference in Indianapolis.

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