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  • Internet2: 2004 and beyond

    Internationally acclaimed violinist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman doesn't let a little thing like a few thousand kilometres stand in the way of reaching his students.

  • Aust academic network fires up for business

    The Federal Government has launched a $AU14 million network designed to facilitate academic and educational research along Australia's eastern seaboard.

  • Tech giants hold high hopes for Internet2

    Internet2 has announced that Qwest will extend its role as the keeper of the project for another five years and upgrade the backbone speed by four times to 10 gigabits per second by October 2003, roughly more than 155,000 times faster than a standard dial-up modem connection.

  • Optical networking: The next generation

    A new showcase for optical networking technology is beginning to light up, offering a test bed for research that could help spark a fire under the moribund industry.

  • Turning Internet2 into reality

    Douglas E. Van Houweling heads the private-public sector partnership charged with creating a faster electronic network. His modus operandi: Let your imagination fly.

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  • Internet2: 2004 and beyond

    Experimental network excels at long-distance collaboration; researchers hope to up ante with hybrid optical packet infrastructure.

  • Optical networking: The next generation

    Forget Internet2. The National LambdaRail is the most ambitious network research project going. But can it save the optical networking industry?

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