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Coming soon: superfast internet
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:48:11 -0700
________________________________________ From: Irwin.Lazar () nemertes com [Irwin.Lazar () nemertes com] Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 1:40 PM To: David Farber Subject: Coming soon: superfast internet For IP if you wish, hopefully we get to see the results of the network before the black hole they create eats us all. :-) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3689881.ece THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds. At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, “the grid” will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds. .................. ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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