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New Internet Tech 153,000 Times Faster Than Modem, 8906 MBITS/SEC

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According to the National Geographic, scientists working at the California Institute of Technology have developed a new data transfer protocol for the Internet fast enough to download a full-length DVD movie in less than five seconds. The protocol, dubbed FAST (Fast Active queue management Scalable Transmission Control Protocol) is capable of 8,609 megabits per second by using 10 simultaneous flows of data over routed paths. The new protocol will likely be used in conjunction with Internet2, eventually allowing researchers to more easily work with and transfer massive amounts of data.

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Sounds like what they did was just ope up 10 fast connections in parallel. Seems like a good way to gain extra speed, but what happens when everyone tries to do the same thing at once? It would be just as slow as it is now. But, as long as they are working on the problem its a good thing.
 
Originally posted by: Marty
Sounds like what they did was just ope up 10 fast connections in parallel. Seems like a good way to gain extra speed, but what happens when everyone tries to do the same thing at once? It would be just as slow as it is now. But, as long as they are working on the problem its a good thing.
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it wont be slow, they tested it in real time with lots of traffic
 
Originally posted by: bonkers325
Originally posted by: Marty
Sounds like what they did was just ope up 10 fast connections in parallel. Seems like a good way to gain extra speed, but what happens when everyone tries to do the same thing at once? It would be just as slow as it is now. But, as long as they are working on the problem its a good thing.
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it wont be slow, they tested it in real time with lots of traffic
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Hence the name "FAST"
 
If one person uses 10 connections at once, he experiences speedup x10, and everyone else slows down a negligible amount since the new bandwidth requirement is roughly the same (it is like 9 extra people using the net). Now if everyone using the net does the same thing, there will be a slowdown, since now everyone is using 10x as much bandwidth. Hence, it will be slower.
 
Originally posted by: Marty
If one person uses 10 connections at once, he experiences speedup x10, and everyone else slows down a negligible amount since the new bandwidth requirement is roughly the same (it is like 9 extra people using the net). Now if everyone using the net does the same thing, there will be a slowdown, since now everyone is using 10x as much bandwidth. Hence, it will be slower.
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Well the Internet backbone infrastructure would have to be upgraded to accommodate this.
 
Originally posted by: bonkers325
The protocol, dubbed FAST (Fast Active queue management Scalable Transmission Control Protocol) is capable of 8,609 megabits per second by using 10 simultaneous flows of data over routed paths.
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Bah... just wait till the new protocol, FASTEST, comes out... that'll really knock your socks off.

 
Originally posted by: yakko
What writes all that data to disk though?
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yea good question. what can write that fast????

this seems liek teh same idea as a Download Accelerator. just splits teh file and Dls in in parts and reocmbigns it
 
i dont see why people are mocking research to speed the internet up. any potential gain in speed or gain in knowledge about speed helps us in the long run
 
Well, I'm not all that impressed. Sure, its fast but come on. If you REALLY want the seped, you can get it. Have them drop an OC-48 at your doorstep and you'll have bandwidth out the freakin wazoo.

We HAVE the bandwidth.
We need better prices.

And vefore anyone flames me...
I KNOW this is fster then an OC-48. You'd actually have to have an OC-192 to match that speed (Actually beat it by a slight margin)

Regardless, I still argue we need prices before performance at this stage of the game.
 
i wasnt mockin it. id just like to know what writes that fast.

and want to knwo how its different then a Download Accelerator. cause it sounds similar
 
"We invented a device that downloads porn a million times faster."

"Sheesh, who would ever need porn that fast?"

"*drool* poooorn"
 
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