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The Internet 2

Imagine a new way to use the internet, they call it 'Internet 2', a new way to get 100 times the speed from your current connection. No longer will you have to be restricted in design or size.

Undersea explorer Robert Ballard has used another network, Internet2, to host live, interactive presentations with students and aquarium visitors from the wreck of the Titanic, which he found in 1985. The Internet's bandwidth can carry only "lousy" video and "can't compete with looking out the window," Ballard said. But with Internet2, "high-definition zoom cameras can show them the eyelids." Internet2, with speeds 100 times the typical broadband service at home, is now limited to selected universities, companies and institutions, but researchers expect any breakthroughs to ultimately migrate to the main Internet.
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I would love to see these types of improvements. However, I don't expect to see them as the free flow of information is not appreciated by a very large group of organizations, including most governments.