Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 02:01:14 GMT From: jbg@masterplan.org (Jason George) To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mucho Bandwith Message-ID: <199908300201.UAA19729@gongshow.masterplan.org>
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[full snippage about CA*net 3] I took this from the CA*net 3 FAQ - http://www.canarie.ca/frames/startnetworks_e.html The last update to the FAQ was in Aug98, but I don't believe there have been any technical modifications, in terms of peering or advertising routes in and out of the test network. See also http://www.canet3.net for further info. Apologies if this message has screwy formatting. --Jason j.b.george@ieee.org jbg@masterplan.org 7. Who will benefit from CA*net 3? CA*net 3 will be available to researchers at universities, and government laboratories engaged in research and applications development relating to high-performance networks - the same sectors that now use CANARIE's current research network, CA*net II. The new network will not compete with or replace commercial Internet services. Instead, its enhanced bandwidth and throughput will provide a platform that enables researchers to collaborate on the development and testing of new applications and technologies that would not be possible on commercial systems. That alone will stimulate research and development beyond any expectation. 8. Will CA*net 3 be available to the public? At the moment, only the most advanced computers are capable of taking advantage of the high speeds anticipated with this research network. But commercial application is only a matter of time. The original Internet backbone, CA*net, which linked 10 regional networks during the early 1990s, moved to a commercial basis in 1997. As the technology that supports CA*net 3 is proven, carriers will transfer the knowledge they have learned by participating in the CA*net 3 initiative to the commercial realm for broader use by the business community, and ultimately, the home consumer. In the meantime, CA*net 3 will carry out research in an array of new avenues that industry, research institutes and universities will explore as early as Fall 1998 . To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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