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James Emory · April 12th, 2005, 08:40 PM

Does anyone have anymore information on a technology currently being used by colleges called Internet 2. Apparently it was developed by Georgia Tech in Atlanta but is used across universities to move huge amounts of data. I just saw a local news story on Tech students being in trouble for apparently using it to download media, songs, etc., illegally. It was said that this technology allows the ability to download a DVD movie at DVD quality in about 30 seconds. Uhhh, that changes everything.

Christopher Lefchik · April 12th, 2005, 09:35 PM

Thanks for bringing that up. I don't remember hearing about that. There're doesn't seem to be that much coverage about it, but here's some links I found.

http://www.internet2.edu
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/11/internet2/
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,360975,00.asp

Emre Safak · April 12th, 2005, 09:43 PM

We have it here in MA, what with all those schools. You are still limited by the speed of the weakest link when you want to transfer stuff. If your destination is a slow Web site, you get low transfer rates.

Robert Knecht Schmidt · April 12th, 2005, 09:55 PM

Internet2 has been around since the Clinton administration.

Imran Zaidi · April 13th, 2005, 07:20 AM

Does that mean Al Gore invented this one too?!

You're right though - the concepts and plans for it have been in the works for quite some time. I remember reading several years back how this next phase in broadband will involve asynchronous transfer - meaning that the architecture would allow for simultaneous upload and download with no loss in speeds to either. Just one of its boons.

I couldn't begin to tell you how such technology would work, but it's exciting, that's for sure. Internet 1 architecture is, by technology standards, becoming ancient - decades old at this point.

April 12th, 2005, 08:40 PM	#1
James Emory Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,892	Internet 2 - the next generation internet Does anyone have anymore information on a technology currently being used by colleges called Internet 2. Apparently it was developed by Georgia Tech in Atlanta but is used across universities to move huge amounts of data. I just saw a local news story on Tech students being in trouble for apparently using it to download media, songs, etc., illegally. It was said that this technology allows the ability to download a DVD movie at DVD quality in about 30 seconds. Uhhh, that changes everything.

April 12th, 2005, 09:55 PM	#4
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April 12th, 2005, 09:35 PM	#2
Christopher Lefchik Trustee Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: US Posts: 1,152	Thanks for bringing that up. I don't remember hearing about that. There're doesn't seem to be that much coverage about it, but here's some links I found. http://www.internet2.edu http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/11/internet2/ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,360975,00.asp

April 12th, 2005, 09:43 PM	#3
Emre Safak Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brookline, MA Posts: 1,447	We have it here in MA, what with all those schools. You are still limited by the speed of the weakest link when you want to transfer stuff. If your destination is a slow Web site, you get low transfer rates.

April 13th, 2005, 07:20 AM	#5
Imran Zaidi Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 1,315	Does that mean Al Gore invented this one too?! You're right though - the concepts and plans for it have been in the works for quite some time. I remember reading several years back how this next phase in broadband will involve asynchronous transfer - meaning that the architecture would allow for simultaneous upload and download with no loss in speeds to either. Just one of its boons. I couldn't begin to tell you how such technology would work, but it's exciting, that's for sure. Internet 1 architecture is, by technology standards, becoming ancient - decades old at this point.