The University of Tokyo led a group of researchers in breaking internet speed records. The Internet2 network announced that they used modified protocols instead of standard communications protocols to send the data. Data started in Tokyo and traveled to Chicago, Amsterdam and Seattle, and then returned back to Tokyo. Internet2 is run by a consortium of over two hundred U.S. universities. They are currently working to merge with another ultrahigh-speed, known as National LambdaRail.
Although 9.08 gbps is an outstanding achievement, Internet2's current theoretical limit is 10 gbps, meaning they'd have to improve by 10% in order to break the record once more. Also, the Internet2 consortium plans to build a new network with 100 gbps capacity. Researchers used a newer Internet Addressing systems (IPv6) to set the record-speed
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If Internet2 network eventually comes through with its 100 gbps capacity, this basically means that the best-quality version of a film such as "Matrix" can be transfered in a matter of seconds. I still remember when file transfers were a pain in the butt back in the old school days with dial-up internet. I used to hate surfing the web because I was so impatient for the computer to load everything. I just think that increasing internet speed has come a long way, and it seems like it will continue get faster and faster, as the months pass by.
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