Internet Speed Record Broken.

**lynx** · 07-05-2004, 01:38 PM

What about multiple occupancy? Don't they get a faster lane?

**fred devliegher** · 07-05-2004, 02:03 PM

**Donnie Darko** · 07-05-2004, 02:08 PM

Originally posted by Agamalizard@26 June 2004 - 02:05
at an average speed of 4.23 gigabits per second.

Damn are they useing aol?

**Alex H** · 07-06-2004, 04:25 AM

Cool - my only question is: when can I get it a home?

Fred is right - data does travel at the speed of light. What these people are doing is cramming more data into the light spectrum - in stead of pushing, say 1MB through the whole spectrum, they push 1MB through red, 1MB through orange, etc (thats the dumbed down version.)

Also they are using better TCP (Transport Control Protocal) to push more data through. Normal ethernet packets are between 1300 and 1500 bytes. Each packet has an "overhead" (like in business, the cost of sending the packet) so by creating bigger packets, you reduce your overhead (like buying in bulk is cheaper) I remember CERN were using 9000 byte packets called Jumbo Frames.

When sending packets, TCP starts at 0 and pickes up speed as it works out how much it can push through. When a packet is lost (somewhere in the ether, maybe at a clogged router) it slows to 0 and then starts again. FAST TCP (like CERN use) basically just registers that a packet has been lost and then sends it again withough slowing down, making the avarae spped of the transfer stay high.

If you feel like drooling over the equipment, have a look at the Juniper Networks T320 router - this model pumps 1 TB of data from LA to Geneva inunder an hour!

I want one!

**Abe** · 07-09-2004, 08:46 PM

........I bet someday you we will be able to transfer objects into data and tranfer them at the speed of light.

**Arm** · 07-11-2004, 03:05 AM

Goddamn thats alot of data. I wonder what files they managed to scrounge up to fill in that gap for over 800 gigabytes. Alot of porn and warez?

**iMartin** · 07-11-2004, 05:23 AM

Originally posted by Arm@10 July 2004 - 21:13
Goddamn thats alot of data. I wonder what files they managed to scrounge up to fill in that gap for over 800 gigabytes. Alot of porn and warez?

I'd also like to know that...