Internet2 Upgrade Will Let Researchers Share Data Faster

A new network under development by Internet2 will give researchers at member colleges and other participating institutions up to 10 times more bandwidth–making it easier and faster to share large data sets.

The Internet2 network now allows users to transfer up to 10 gigabits per second. The new network will bring that up to 100 gigabits per second. The key to the speed increase will be capacity, organizers say. That means it will carry more data at any given time than the group’s present backbone network, and that will reduce congestion.

By Ben Wieder

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