Maybe this will help with Whitegate lag...

[Fhqwghads]

Blazingly fast Internet2 just got 10 times faster

NEW YORK - The ultrahigh-speed Internet2 network just got 10 times faster, partly in anticipation of rising demand for capacity after the world's largest particle collider opens near Geneva next year.

Until recently, the Internet2 had a theoretical limit of 10 gigabits per second, which is thousands of times faster than standard home broadband connections. By sending data using 10 different colors, or wavelengths, of light over a single cable, operators are boosting the network's capacity to 100 Gbps.

That means a high-quality version of the movie "The Matrix" could be sent in a few seconds rather than half a minute over the old Internet2 and several hours over a typical home broadband line.

The new Internet2 network was largely completed in late August, and its operators this week made it possible for researchers to temporarily grab an entire 10 Gbps chunk for specific applications, so that they don't slow down normal Internet operations.

"It's now possible for a single computer to have a 10 gigabit connection and we needed to have a way of making sure that those kinds of demanding applications could be served at the same time as all the normal uses," Doug Van Houweling, Internet2's chief executive, said Wednesday.

The Internet2 network, run by Level 3 Communications Inc., parallels the regular Internet to let universities, corporations and researchers share large amounts of information in real time.

An institution typically has one 10 Gbps connection to the 100 Gbps Internet2 backbone for normal Internet usage, along with a second 10 Gbps connection it can tap on demand for specific needs, Van Houweling said.

Physicists will likely be among the first to use that on-demand capability, Van Houweling said, when the $1.8 billion Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research begins operations, now scheduled for May.

"There will be thousands of physicists who will all need to access the data coming out of the LHC," he said.

Astronomers, meanwhile, might one day use the faster network to link distant radio telescopes to get a clearer picture of the sky in real time, Van Houweling said.

Internet2 already is planning future expansion. By adding certain equipment, Van Houweling said, the network can easily boost capacity another fourfold to 400 Gbps — something likely to begin in 12 to 18 months.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21226894/

[Mizango]

China began testing of "Internet2" in 2001? 2002 maybe? I don't recall exactly, I read an article about it in Newsweek a few years back. Again, if I am not mistaken they already have in implemented on their end. I dont have the article in front of me obviously but yeah, US is behind in regards to the 2nd gen. "internet race".

Metaphorically speaking of course.

Goddamn Mongorians?

[Alleya]

SE limits the send/receive at 56k speeds, you could have a 5,000 tb/sec connection and it wouldn't make a lick of difference.

[Kaylia]

SE limits the send/receive at 56k speeds, you could have a 5,000 tb/sec connection and it wouldn't make a lick of difference.

That's what I was about to say.

Problem come from having to send 700 players constant updated info on everyone position, action, chat and the like. Server has to skip/delay certain thing to not fall behin and crash.

[Septimus]

SE limits the send/receive at 56k speeds, you could have a 5,000 tb/sec connection and it wouldn't make a lick of difference.

Which is a good thing, because Physicists need this. You know, for "work". Very important work, so important that they need to lock the door. And would you be a dear and get them some tissues and lotion?

[MisterBob]

RPI has internet2 lines, but they're reserved for research. Although, 2 years ago there was a workaround for using them, and you could share files with everyone on campus (and a bunch of other campuses in the US) at ridiculous speeds. It got shut down though

[Fhqwghads]

SE limits the send/receive at 56k speeds, you could have a 5,000 tb/sec connection and it wouldn't make a lick of difference.

Thanks for ruining all hope.


(Fkn PS2 limitations.)


(Yes I know it's not PS2, but I still like to blame it anyway. It's more fun.)

[Zosi]

China began testing of "Internet2" in 2001? 2002 maybe? I don't recall exactly, I read an article about it in Newsweek a few years back. Again, if I am not mistaken they already have in implemented on their end. I dont have the article in front of me obviously but yeah, US is behind in regards to the 2nd gen. "internet race".

Metaphorically speaking of course.

Goddamn Mongorians?

US Internet2 went live in 1999, this is just an upgrade for more backbone bandwidth, and not the first such upgrade. It's gone from 2.5gbps (in 1999) to 100gbps now, I'd say we're doing alright in the "internet race".

[Neosutra]

China began testing of "Internet2" in 2001? 2002 maybe? I don't recall exactly, I read an article about it in Newsweek a few years back. Again, if I am not mistaken they already have in implemented on their end. I dont have the article in front of me obviously but yeah, US is behind in regards to the 2nd gen. "internet race".

Metaphorically speaking of course.

Goddamn Mongorians?

US Internet2 went live in 1999, this is just an upgrade for more backbone bandwidth, and not the first such upgrade. It's gone from 2.5gbps (in 1999) to 100gbps now, I'd say we're doing alright in the "internet race".

Ya, cause US internet2 is available everywhere.

[Kaylia]

Too bad the speed of light still limit the communication to something around 70 milliseconds (excluding the additional delay added by router, and the fact that no connection is ever done directly. Bandwitdth is useful, but the large ping between distant area is more annoying imo.

[Yomjo]

100 GBPS? They won't be able to make porn fast enough.

[Milks]

Even if you wanted to download a movie at 100Gbps, whose hard drive can keep up?

[Howard Roark]

i thought i saw something about them being able to bend fibre-optic cables (and still function as intended), a previous limitation as compared to standard cables

in before series of tubes

[Epical]

How long do you think before we have speeds like this in residential households (hell, even 1 Gbps)?

[Zosi]

China began testing of "Internet2" in 2001? 2002 maybe? I don't recall exactly, I read an article about it in Newsweek a few years back. Again, if I am not mistaken they already have in implemented on their end. I dont have the article in front of me obviously but yeah, US is behind in regards to the 2nd gen. "internet race".

Metaphorically speaking of course.

Goddamn Mongorians?

US Internet2 went live in 1999, this is just an upgrade for more backbone bandwidth, and not the first such upgrade. It's gone from 2.5gbps (in 1999) to 100gbps now, I'd say we're doing alright in the "internet race".

Ya, cause US internet2 is available everywhere.

Uh, it's a research network, not a general-purpose public network. It's not MEANT to be available everywhere, and is pretty much limited to universities and research labs whether you're talking about the US, China or Europe.

[Chips]

China began testing of "Internet2" in 2001? 2002 maybe? I don't recall exactly, I read an article about it in Newsweek a few years back. Again, if I am not mistaken they already have in implemented on their end. I dont have the article in front of me obviously but yeah, US is behind in regards to the 2nd gen. "internet race".

Metaphorically speaking of course.

Goddamn Mongorians?

US Internet2 went live in 1999, this is just an upgrade for more backbone bandwidth, and not the first such upgrade. It's gone from 2.5gbps (in 1999) to 100gbps now, I'd say we're doing alright in the "internet race".

Ya, cause US internet2 is available everywhere.

Uh, it's a research network, not a general-purpose public network. It's not MEANT to be available everywhere, and is pretty much limited to universities and research labs whether you're talking about the US, China or Europe.

Fuck that, I want Internet2.

[Boyiee]

How long do you think before we have speeds like this in residential households (hell, even 1 Gbps)?

Move to japan.

[thestalkmore]

dude I'm dling at 5mb/sec, I'm soooooooooooooo fasttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt vroom vroom

[Charla]

We went over it in the other thread about internet2 or some other ultra-high-speed network technolaogy. At some point every other component's speed will become the limiting factor, and some of them are already up against relatively hard theoretical limits.