internet speed record broken

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Post March 7th, 2003, 2:11 pm

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.

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http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/0 ... index.html

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Post March 7th, 2003, 2:11 pm

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Post March 7th, 2003, 2:44 pm

Damn, that is huge. I hope we get that connection some day for normal people.
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Post March 7th, 2003, 4:01 pm

It's only a matter of time brian.
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Post March 7th, 2003, 6:41 pm

Yeah well it will be exciting to look forward too thats for sure :D
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