The Choice Channel

“By sending data using different colors of light, operators of the ultra high-speed Internet2 network are hoping to boost the research and education network’s capacity by as much as 80-fold–better enabling researchers and academics to connect telescopes around the world and perform other bandwidth-intensive tasks. The new network should be in place by fall 2007, said Douglas Van Houweling, Internet2’s chief executive. He announced the plans this week as researchers set a new networking speed record–8.8 gigabits per second (Gbps), nearing the Internet2’s current theoretical limit of 10 Gbps, which is thousands of times faster than standard home broadband connections.” (04/28/06)