Re: 923 Mbps across the Ocean ...

[Scott Weeks]

On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Adam Kujawski wrote:

:
: Quoting Eric Germann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
:
: > http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/07/speed.record/index.html
: >
: > Comments folks?
:
: I'm going to launch a couple DAT tapes across the parking lot with a spud gun
: and see if I can achieve 923 Mb/s!


Yer gonna need a big damn spud gun...  :-)

     Contest Rules

     1.A minimum of 100 megabytes must be transferred a minimum
     terrestrial distance of 100 kilometers...

scott



: It would have been nice if the reporter bothered to mention that "Internet
: speed records" are measured in terabit meters per second. An article
: about "Internet speed records" that doesn't include the actual record, or even
: a definition of the term "Internet speed record", is hardly deserving of
: placement on the front of cnn.com. Slow news day?
:
: -Adam
: