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Internet speed record smashed

theciscokid · 2003-03-11 13:15:47

link : http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/07/speed.record/index.html holy smoke, in under a min, my 56k is looking rusty :p

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11-03-2003 2:15pm

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theciscokid

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Scientists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center used fiber-optic cables to transfer 6.7 gigabytes of data -- the equivalent of two DVD movies -- across 6,800 miles in less than a minute.

link : http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/07/speed.record/index.html

holy smoke, in under a min, my 56k is looking rusty

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#2 11-03-2003 2:20pm
Riamfada

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Is there anyway to "up" your download speed? Im 512k NTL but somtimes it feels as slow as my old 56k

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#3 11-03-2003 2:25pm
BKtje

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already being discussed here
http://muppet.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=86312

Normal DSL makes the 56k look bad ffs
This thing will make anything look bad

You can probably up the download speed by paying for the 1mb vers (if there is one etc )

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