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Coming soon: superfast internet


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:48:11 -0700


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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.

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