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Old 03-19-2003, 04:29 AM
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Source:CNN.com
By Jeordan Legon

(CNN) -- Offering a glimpse of a faster digital future, researchers announced they have set a new Internet speed record.

Scientists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center used fiber-optic cables to transfer 6.7 gigabytes of data -- the equivalent of two DVD movies -- across 6,800 miles in less than a minute. The center is a national laboratory operated by Stanford University for the U.S. Department of Energy.


Pushing the tech envelope

The team was able to transfer uncompressed data at 923 megabits per second for 58 seconds from Sunnyvale, California, to Amsterdam, Netherlands. That's about 3,500 times faster than a typical Internet broadband connection.

"By exploring the edges of Internet technologies' performance envelope, we are improving our ... ability to implement new networking technologies," said Les Cottrell, assistant director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.

The experiment could "bring high-speed data transfer to practical everyday applications, such as doctors at multiple sites sharing and discussing a patient's [heart test results] to diagnose and plan treatment," he added.

On average, the amount of information that can be transferred over the Internet has doubled every year since 1984, scientists said. That trend is expected to continue.

Breaking their record

Already, Cottrell said he and other scientists have conducted further experiments that break their own record. But those tests have not been certified by Internet2, a consortium of 200 universities researching the future of the Internet, and they must wait for further confirmation before an announcement, he said.

Initially, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center employees expect to use the faster data transfer speeds to share massive amounts of research collected by physicists studying the fundamental building blocks of matter. But in the long term, Internet users and businesses could benefit from the findings.

"Imagine ... being able to download two full-length, two-hour movies within a minute," Cottrell said. "That changes the whole idea of how media is distributed."

Getting there won't be easy, said Harvey Newman, a physics professor at the California Institute of Technology who participated in the center's research.

Allowing clean transfers

Scientists were able to get 93 percent efficiency out of their record-setting connection because they didn't have to share bandwidth, they received donated equipment in excess of $1 million and they changed the setting of Internet protocols to allow faster data transfers, Newman said.

Even if they could transfer vast amounts of data tomorrow at reasonable prices, Newman noted that present-day computers are unable to handle such loads.

"You have this inversion where the limitations on advances will not be the speed of the Internet but rather the speed of your computer," he said.

Scientists said the finding announced Thursday hopefully will help researchers develop a clearer plan for faster online technologies.

"We don't have a vision of the future of the Internet yet," Newman said. "It's a whole new world for which you can see the first few ideas, but we don't really know what it will be about."
... transfer 6.7 gigabytes of data -- the equivalent of two DVD movies -- across 6,800 miles in less than a minute.

Now, THAT would be cool.
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Old 03-19-2003, 06:11 AM
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What's fast speed?

*kicks his 56k*
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Old 03-19-2003, 07:43 AM
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It takes a whole minute?
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Old 03-19-2003, 10:33 AM
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*Wants speed*

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Old 03-19-2003, 10:56 AM
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DVDs are more than 6.7 GB uncompressed directly from the disc...
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Old 03-19-2003, 03:21 PM
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Connect a line like that to your computer, and watch the smoke come out of your computer .

As good as it sounds, it's too good, too good for any PC that's remotely affordable for the average user.

But, it's still a drool-able amount of speed there, I mean downloading that much....!

[high]* N9ne hugs his 1024k internet connection.[/high]
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Old 03-19-2003, 05:24 PM
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Lol...

[high]* Chris M hugs the Idea of a 2Mb/sec connection he might be getting soon
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[high]* assassingod says goodbye to his 10mbps connection since it's going bye-bye[/high]
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[high]* Mist drools at the future of internet technology
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@ag - :cry:

@Mist - Yeh...well...You would

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