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Major connection for next-gen Internet destroyed, in a fire, no less

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Banjzooie

Posted: May 3 2007, 08:36 PM

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Actually, Internet2 is not the internet revamp.

QUOTE (Wikipedia)

The media recently often incorrectly reports about a network called "Internet2", for example about a recent series of lawsuits filed by the Recording Industry Association of America against university students attending several of the major participants in Abilene. Some sources even suggest that Internet2 is a network wholly separate from the Internet. This is misleading, since Internet2 is a consortium and not a computer network. It is possible that many news sources adopted the term Internet2 because it seems like a logical name for a next-generation Internet backbone. Articles that reference Internet2 as a network are in fact referring to the Abilene Network.

So, "Internet2" is not an actual internet, but an organization. The lines that burned down were Abilene's. And Abilene is not a "next-gen internet" company, but rather...

QUOTE (Wikipedia)

Abilene is a private network used for education and research, but is not entirely isolated, since its members usually provide alternative access to many of their resources through the public Internet. Abilene is not technically part of the Internet since it does not peer with the public Internet networks.

So in all actuality, it does suck that some of Abilene's lines burned down. It makes things difficult for colleges and researchers/research companies.

As for the actual next-gen internet, I hope that never gets off the ground. But Abilene and the technologies of the Internet2 company actually have a good purpose.

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BZ's quote(s) of the arbitrary time interval:

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