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Thread ID: 51845 2004-12-01 07:47:00 So you think YOU have high speed internet??!! Steve_L (763) Press F1
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298630 2004-12-01 07:47:00 Well, think again....
...how about :three DVD movies--per second "??!!!

From: www.shortnews.com

A group of researchers have found a way to quickly transfer huge amounts of data over computer networks, paving the way for greater global scientific cooperation and future commercial uses.

By shuttling data at a sustained rate of 101 gigabits--the equivalent of three DVD movies--per second between Pittsburgh and Los Angeles, the so-called High Energy Physics team shattered a record for data transfer and won the Supercomputing Bandwidth Challenge, a contest geared toward improving network connection speed for grid computing.

The team sustained the 101-gigabit speed for only a few minutes during the 90-minute demonstration, peaking at just above the 101-gigabit mark. But "we are confident if we did it again...we would sustain the 100+gbps throughput for hours," Harvey Newman, professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology and the head of the team, wrote in an e-mail. Transfer rates of 130gbps to 140gbps are likely possible, he added.
Steve_L (763)
298631 2004-12-01 07:51:00 I want it. Fast.

Suddenly it makes my puny 100Mbit citylink connection sound like dialup.
george12 (7)
298632 2004-12-01 07:52:00 > Suddenly it makes my puny 100Mbit citylink connection
> sound like dialup.

Should we be impressed?
ninja (1671)
298633 2004-12-01 08:00:00 No, no.

Nah, it serves about 160 computers, so the clients only get 600k each, but download speeds are usually around 2-3MB/sec as not all use the link at once.

Of course that connection is, erm, coming soon as are the PCs :p
george12 (7)
298634 2004-12-01 09:40:00 > By shuttling data at a sustained rate of 101
> gigabits--the equivalent of three DVD movies--per
> second between Pittsburgh and Los Angeles

/me gets jealous

Compared to my current 256k :_|
~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054)
298635 2004-12-01 09:48:00 > Nah, it serves about 160 computers, so the clients
> only get 600k each, but download speeds are usually
> around 2-3MB/sec as not all use the link at once.
>
> Of course that connection is, erm, coming soon as are
> the PCs :p

So you're boasting about theoretical speeds, on an as yet unbuilt network, made up of PC's yet to be purchased, using an overall connection thats not connected.

Way to go champ - I envy your e-schlong.
ninja (1671)
298636 2004-12-01 10:38:00 >me gets jealous

>Compared to my current 256k

lol, how do u think i feel with 56k dial up
Prescott (11)
298637 2004-12-01 10:42:00 > lol, how do u think i feel with 56k dial up

neanderthal
Raikyn (6293)
298638 2004-12-01 11:02:00 > Well, think again....
> ...how about :three DVD movies--per second "??!!!
So when are you moving? And what will it cost?

Vapourware!!!!!

Maintained for a few minutes.

Buy shares now if you want. Wish I had bought Microsoft shares in the 1980s and 90s.

Im not buying shares in Linux producing companies either.
Elephant (599)
298639 2004-12-01 11:09:00 Wow - I thought my dream 13 Gbps fibre was good. Growly (6)
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