Consortium Works on Improving Internet

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      Consortium Works on Improving Internet
      - Dec 3, 2003 03:39 AM (AP Online)

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- A University of Michigan professor is
leading a nationwide team to develop the next generation of the
Internet.


Concerned about the future of the World Wide Web, almost three dozen
colleges joined up in 1996 to look for solutions. They were troubled
by how much the flood of commercial traffic on the Internet slowed
the flow of information between universities and researchers, The
Detroit News reported in a Tuesday story. They envisioned a
super-fast Internet capable of handling huge amounts of data, and
which is free from pop-up ads, spam and other commercial intrusions.


Michigan State and Wayne State universities are among the 204 U.S.
colleges that are part of the nonprofit consortium, also dubbed
Internet2. The consortium is working with 70 corporations, such as
Ford Motor Co. and AT&T, and about 40 organizations and federal
agencies, including the National Science Foundation.

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      - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=36711624

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