Next Gen Internet: National LambdaRail
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on October 17, 2004 at 1:34:40 AM
The newest backbone will be fiber. Forget the Internet 2, this is the real thing.
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While Internet2 users share a single 10gbps network, NLR users can have their own dedicated 10gbps link to themselves. Experts say Abilene provides more than enough capacity to run most next-generation applications, such as high-definition video, but that it doesn't offer enough capacity for some of the highest-performing supercomputing applications.