Physicists smash internet speed record

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-18 12:53pm

Well, I meant with the protocols and actual backbone connections; the hardware is not bog-standard I2 stuff, AFAIK (my university is on Internet2).

The article doesn't say that it uses Internet2, only that it was announced at the conference.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2003-10-18 12:55pm

What sort of ping would you get for online gaming with that thing?

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-10-18 02:18pm

phongn wrote:Well, I meant with the protocols and actual backbone connections; the hardware is not bog-standard I2 stuff, AFAIK (my university is on Internet2).

The article doesn't say that it uses Internet2, only that it was announced at the conference.

No, it doesn't say its on Internet2, but it's implied, and Internet2 is the big high-bandwidth thing that CERN and Caltech are part of the developement team for, so it would figure that it is indeed I2. Also, the fact that standard I1 pipelines wouldn't be able to handle those data rates suggests that it must be I2.

jenat-lai · Post by **jenat-lai** » 2003-10-20 12:15am

Crayz9000 wrote: 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...

I thought the term for that was 'Girl Friend'

MarkIX · Post by **MarkIX** » 2003-10-20 01:18am

jenat-lai wrote:
Crayz9000 wrote: 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...
I thought the term for that was 'Girl Friend'

NO thats the term used when they want to talk afterwards

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-20 01:23am

kojikun wrote:No, it doesn't say its on Internet2, but it's implied, and Internet2 is the big high-bandwidth thing that CERN and Caltech are part of the developement team for, so it would figure that it is indeed I2. Also, the fact that standard I1 pipelines wouldn't be able to handle those data rates suggests that it must be I2.

There is more than one high-speed academic network in existance.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-10-20 02:07am

Weren't they surprised when the image of a cute japanese girl with BIG eyes and a dreadlock looked out at them.