Internet2 Gets a New Backbone

wrong_fuel writes "A few of you know that Internet2 and NLR (National Lambda Rail) have been in talks for some time regarding a merger of the two networks. Those talks have fallen apart and Internet2's contracts with Qwest communications had already been allowed to lapse. Internet2 has now reached an agreement with an unnamed carrier for its next generation backbone. The new network will likely be named later this year (the old one was referred to as "Abilene") and current member Universities will be migrated off of Abilene by September 2007."

great!

[celardore]

More backbone capacity is needed for all the spam and porn.

Re:odds on..

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

"Whats the odds it's google with all that dark fiber?"

I wouldn't rule out Romulan Involvement...

Re:Internet2 the internet of the future certa 1996

[vrt3]

Instead of Internet2 we just got Web 2.0. Bweeh.

Damn !

[ATAMAH]

I better hurry, because i haven't yet downloaded everything from the *current* intarweb !

National Lambda Rail?

[BlackMesaLabs]

National Lambda Rail? No....You have to RIDE the rail, THEN you launch the Lambda SATELLITE.

Re:ihabitants of planet getting stronger spines?

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

I'm beginning to think these trolls are generated electronically. It could be done I suppose. Simply use the slashdot article as a kind of "seed" and let the algorithim generate a somewhat coherant, vaugely relavant troll, according to a certain framework. In this case, it appears to be some kind of religious rant.

Has anyone heard of this kind of technology?

hmmmmmm

[LiquidCoooled]

xcopy \internet \internet2\old /A /E /H

Re:I wish I had some of that speed

[pneumatus]

In Soviet Russia, the terabytes/sec speeds enjoy YOU!