[56402] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 923 Mbps across the Ocean ...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Weeks)
Fri Mar 7 16:23:52 2003
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 11:20:56 -1000 (HST)
From: Scott Weeks <surfer@mauigateway.com>
To: Adam Kujawski <adamkuj@amplex.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <1047071365.3e690a85a6932@webmail.amplex.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Adam Kujawski wrote:
:
: Quoting Eric Germann <ekgermann@cctec.com>:
:
: > http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/07/speed.record/index.html
: >
: > Comments folks?
:
: I'm going to launch a couple DAT tapes across the parking lot with a spud gun
: and see if I can achieve 923 Mb/s!
Yer gonna need a big damn spud gun... :-)
Contest Rules
1.A minimum of 100 megabytes must be transferred a minimum
terrestrial distance of 100 kilometers...
scott
: It would have been nice if the reporter bothered to mention that "Internet
: speed records" are measured in terabit meters per second. An article
: about "Internet speed records" that doesn't include the actual record, or even
: a definition of the term "Internet speed record", is hardly deserving of
: placement on the front of cnn.com. Slow news day?
:
: -Adam
:
