US telecom group Sprint and a Swedish partner claimed to have set a new world speed record
of data transport over the Internet of 4.23 gigabits per second.
"For Internet users whose need for speed is a priority, this feat would be equal to streaming
600 full-length movies simultaneously out to movie theaters," director of data systems engineering
for Sprint, Chase Cotton, said.
Sprint said its engineers and a team from the Swedish National Research and Education
Network (SUNET) in April sent nearly 840 gigabytes of data from a computer in San Jose, California,
roughly halfway around the globe to associates at another PC at the University of Lulea in northern
Sweden in under 27 minutes.
The data travelled across Sprint's Internet backbone and the SUNET network at 4.23 gigabits
per second "using commercial networks and commonly available computer networking hardware."
The feat was verified by a judging committee of the Internet2 consortium, which sponsors an ongoing
data-transmission speed contest.
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