Report: Internet Outages Could Occur By 2010

[Die Neue Zeit]

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showAr...cleID=204200341 (http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=204200341)

I wonder how this is related to the development of "Internet 2."

[Comrade Rage]

It's probably more related to greedy phone and cable companies not improving infrastructure, so as to increase their profit margins.

[RedStaredRevolution]

Originally posted by [email protected] 25, 2007 02:18 am
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showAr...cleID=204200341 (http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=204200341)

I wonder how this is related to the development of "Internet 2."
whats Internet 2?

[redcannon]

Originally posted by RedStaredRevolution+November 25, 2007 04:34 pm--> (RedStaredRevolution @ November 25, 2007 04:34 pm)
[email protected] 25, 2007 02:18 am
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showAr...cleID=204200341 (http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=204200341)

I wonder how this is related to the development of "Internet 2."
whats Internet 2? [/b]
i think with the usage of fiber optic cables (which can store fantastic amounts of memory) we've avoided this type of thing already.

[MarxSchmarx]

Originally posted by [email protected] 25, 2007 02:18 am
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showAr...cleID=204200341 (http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=204200341)

I wonder how this is related to the development of "Internet 2."

whats Internet 2?

It's a fancy name for University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, which is a group of universities and companies that improved on the original internet design to handle more demanding internet usage and computations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet2