Internet2 network now 10 times faster

Capacity demand expected to grow

NEW YORK — The ultrahigh-speed Internet2 network just got 10 times faster, partly in anticipation of rising demand for capacity after the world’s largest particle collider opens near Geneva next year.

Until recently, the Internet2 had a theoretical limit of 10 gigabits per second, which is thousands of times faster than standard home broadband connections. By sending data using 10 different colors, or wavelengths, of light over a single cable, operators are boosting the network’s capacity to 100 Gbps.

By ANICK JESDANUN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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