Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have successfully transferred data across Internet2 (the next generation Internet) at speeds of 6.25 Gigabits per second. This is roughly 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection!
Imagine what can be done with data transfer at that speed! Moving voice and data around would not even scratch the surface of the bandwidth available. Live video over the Internet will be a reality. Where does it end? Who knows, but tests are being planned for Terabit speeds. For the green horns among us, a gigabit is 1 billion bits per second and a terabit is 1 trillion bits per second.
Just imagine the Spam at those speeds!
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