Re: Debian logo on the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald Web site!!
On Fri, 24 May 2002, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 08:14:15PM +1000, Mark Purcell wrote:
> > The story it links to is the Internet2 speed record, which was
> > announced on debian-news two days ago.
> > http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/05/23/1022038451171.html
>
> It's an interesting article, but vague. How many PCs did they use
> at each end - just one?
>
> Also, the performance (401mbit/sec) is less than OC-12; you could
> easily find ISPs willing to provide you this service, at a price.
> So this doesn't seem that impressive.
There's a major difference between 401mbit/sec at the one hand, and
401mbit/sec *over more than 12.000 km, 7000 miles* at the other hand.
Sure, 401mbit/sec for a few kilometers is possible. But this is a
different story entirely.
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