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Internet version 2 is quicker and faster
Caltech researchers discover a way to make the Internet faster using TCP packet transfer, reports New Scientist. The system, nicknamed Fast TCP, uses the existing Internet infrastructure.

For example, Fast TCP allows for entire movies to transfer in 5 seconds. Researchers sent data 10,000 km from Sunnyvale, California, to CERN at an average rate of 925 megabits per second.

Ordinary TCP Internet sends information at 266 megabits per second on the same
routes. Then by ganging 10 Fast TCP systems together, the researchers have
achieved transmission speeds of over 8.6 gigabits per second.

By installing new software on the sender and recipient computers, more frequent checks on lost packages are carried out, thus improving sluggishness. 'Internet 2' can have wide-ranging applications for the content industry.

Artikel im New Scientist: Packet tracking promises ultrafast internet

Weitere Links:

CERN: http://public.web.cern.ch/public/index.html

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New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/
Caltech: http://www.caltech.edu/

Internet2: http://www.internet2.edu/

Fast TCP Informationen von Calltech: http://netlab.caltech.edu/FAST/overview.html

Zu TCP/IP:
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/T/TCP_IP.html