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NASA's ESnet Capable of 91 Gbps
While ultra-fast networks used predominately for research aren't exactly new, Wired offers up an interesting read on ESnet, or the Energy Science Network, which NASA uses to transmit data at speeds up to 91 gigabits per second. ESnet, operated by the US Department of Energy, is often used to transmit mammoth swaths of data for projects like the Large Hadron Collider and the Human Genome Project. Many of the advancements made while tinkering with ESnet may someday find their way to the broader commercial Internet. The 91 gigabits per second mark was only just reached last fall; the organization is already working on a 400 gigabit network, and the long-term goal is a terabyte per second network.
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rradina
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Terabyte!

Transferring a terabyte in a second over a long distance is freaky fast. If one-way latency is 100ms, the source would push 100GByte of data into the path before the first byte emerged at the destination.

syslock
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Nice

Is that with our without caps on that connection? lol
firedrakes
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Re: Nice

think of how much hd porn.....
joeMI
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Re: Nice

LOL. To quote a SNL short, I just jizzed in my pants.

battleop
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Dude! Quit your job RIGHT NOW! That was so unbelievably funny and original that you are going to become a comedian and make millions over night.
KraziJoe
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Comcast, Verizon and ATT

Comcast, Verizon and ATT might have something to say about all of this...

battleop
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Re: Comcast, Verizon and ATT

Don't be too surprised if they are not responsible for some elements in this network. Level3, AT&T, and Verizon, not Comcast.
Madtown
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Monthly payment

How much do they pay per month for 91 Gbps?

battleop
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Re: Monthly payment

They are buying dark fiber so the speed has no bearing on the cost. When we buy fiber like that my fiber cost is the same at 10mb or 10gb. It's the electronics on each end that has the effect on my monthly costs.
HeadSpinning
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I'd imagine a 100 Gbps wavelength on a fairly dense longhaul route isn't that expensive. I know what I pay for 10G wavelengths, and even at 10x the price, the number isn't scary.
WhatNow
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It is really how much do we pay in taxes for 91 Gbps. If they could get that to cell towers they might get away with ISP over wireless instead of FTTH. But it would be nice for them to come out with house equipment of that speed with FTTH.

When the get to 400 Gbps the 91 Gbps will just be like DSL speeds now. I remember getting bumped up to 56K back in the last century.
smcallah
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Re: Monthly payment

The bandwidth to the towers has little to do with the speeds we get out of wireless connections.

It is the wireless spectrum that determines our speed. If you are right next to someone on a wireless phone and you're both using data and are on the same carrier, you are both using the same spectrum and sharing bandwidth. More wired bandwidth to a tower does not help with faster wireless home connection. Unless you happen to be on some tower that is still on T1's or T3's.
biochemistry
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Gf

Is Google going to offer 1 terabyte per second for $70 month?