# More data than you can use

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-data-than-you-can-use/49214>\
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**Created:** [April 20, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-data-than-you-can-use/49214 "2004-04-20T22:53:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Vulcan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/the_vulcan/32/145_2.png) [@The\_Vulcan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/The_Vulcan)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-data-than-you-can-use/49214/1 "2004-04-20T22:53:12Z")

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The record, announced Tuesday at the Spring 2004 Internet2 member meeting in Arlington, Va., was for transmitting data over nearly 11,000 kilometers at an average speed of **6.25 gigabits per second**.  
This is nearly 10,000 times faster than a typical home broadband connection.

[http://news.com.com/2100-1032\_3-5195614.html?tag=nefd.top](http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5195614.html?tag=nefd.top)