Internet2 Consortium Sets New Internet Speed Record

KingFishKingFish
edited January 2005 in Science & Tech
A team sent a multiple stream data transmission with a transfer rate of 7.21 gigabits per second over more than half the circumference of the earth.
The Internet2 consortium announced that a research team based at the University of Tokyo set a new IPv4 transmission speed record in November. The team successfully sent a multiple stream data transmission with a transfer rate of 7.21 gigabits per second over a distance of 20,645 kilometers " more than half the circumference of the earth.

The Internet2 land speed record measures the data transfer rate by the distance traveled. The Tokyo team, which includes members from Fujitsu Computer Technologies and the Widely Integrated Distributed Environment Project, surpassed the previous record, set by a joint SUNET-Sprint team, by more than 20%.
Wow! -KF

Source: CommsDesign

Comments

  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    Imagine that kind of speed in every home? Online games would ROCK!!!
  • TBonZTBonZ Ottawa, ON Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    This is very late....but, :headbange
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    I'll take 721MB/s any day!
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