hi-speed Internet – Blogvaria https://blog.evaria.com The personal pages Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:35:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 1077093 Next Generation Internet https://blog.evaria.com/2008/next-generation-internet/ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:33:35 +0000 http://blog.evaria.com/?p=782 THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.

At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, “the grid” will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds.

The latest spin-off from Cern, the particle physics centre that created the web, the grid could also provide the kind of power needed to transmit holographic images; allow instant online gaming with hundreds of thousands of players; and offer high-definition video telephony for the price of a local call.

For more information please read the full article at Times Online.

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