The Syfy Online NetworkSCI FI WireDVICEFidgit

DVICE: We love technology. We want to know about it, write about it, and shake it till it breaks. Part of the Syfy Network, DVICE has a worldwide team of writers who constantly immerse themselves in the tech world, distilling the sometimes-excessive information out there to bring you only what you need to know.

Video
 

Related Sections: Future Tech  Internet

10,000x-faster Grid to begin embarrassing traditional Internet this summer

the_grid.jpg

Right under our noses, those Swiss wizards have been creating The Grid, a worldwide data network that’s 10,000 times faster than the slow-poke Internet we know today. It’s happening at CERN, that hotbed of technology where Web daddy Tim Berners-Lee got his start.

Seven years in the making, the awash-in-cash Swiss built this network from scratch, using only the latest routers and dedicated fiber optic connections. They've already connected 55,000 servers to The Grid, with another 145,000 set to go online in the next two years.

Don’t hold your breath waiting to use it, though. It’s rolling out this summer, but first only to academic and research institutions. We’re hoping this new Internet 2.0 will be so fast, the current Internet will be embarrassed into speeding up, at least just a little.

Times Online, via CrunchGear

 
Send-A-Friend
(7) Comments

theBigIt:
Awesome!!! i have a super sllllloooooowwwww internet connection and this will help out A LOT!!!...More »


Comments

By sh at 10:58 AM ON 04/08/08

great

By techproject at 12:43 PM ON 04/08/08

Fantastic news. I will promote this one

By Scorpius at 4:53 PM ON 04/08/08

You know, it took an annoying one-half second for this post to load. When I click a link I want it noooooooow /Homer Simpson

By John Bailo at 12:32 PM ON 04/09/08

I've been trying to find a description of "The Grid" that isn't nonsensical and I have yet to do so.

So, ok, they have big bandwidth fiber between universities...so what? How are they going to get the connection between these "servers" and my living room to be 10,000 times faster by this summer?

[So much for the technical press!]

By ahreaaehr at 5:45 PM ON 04/09/08

We can make "internet" a million times faster then it is now. It just costs money, so much money that it will never happen.

By uthaman at 7:57 AM ON 04/10/08

It is nice to hear but do the ordinary man will beable to enjoy the benefits,

By theBigIt at 12:12 AM ON 01/29/09

Awesome!!! i have a super sllllloooooowwwww internet connection and this will help out A LOT!!!


Leave a Comment


Type the characters you see in the picture above.

(Please be patient, it may take a moment for your comment to appear.)

DVICE continues below
Get the latest tech news
on your cellphone!
Text DVICE to 72434
DVICE on your iPhone
Follow DVICE on Twitter
Editor: Peter Pachal
editor@dvice.com
©2009, Syfy. All rights reserved.