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Posted by: Site Administration Date posted: 25/08/2004 Internationally acclaimed violinist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman doesn't let a little thing like a few thousand miles stand in the way of reaching his students. Using high-definition videoconferencing technology available through the Internet2 network, he can give individual instruction to students half a world away with CD-quality sound and DVD-like images. Internet2, a next-generation internet, developed by institutions around the globe allows this with ease. Based on a 10-gb/sec backbone, and constantly innovating, Internet2 has been in existence since 1996, and has always managed to stay three to four years ahead of the mainstream internet. "I'll be the first to say that videoconferencing, even the high-quality technology available through Internet2, will never replace the live experience of teaching music," said Christianne Orto, director of recording and distance learning for the Manhattan School of Music. "But it has tremendously enhanced and revolutionized our ability to teach from a distance at a high level." Internet2 isw helping the internet evolve at speeds like never before, with the academics developing new IP-based protocols to continually lower latency, and increase bandwidth - they have to, academic internet usage is expanding exponentially. All this research filters through to the commercial world at an ever-increasing rate - already, 10gb/sec backbone exists in some places on the commercial net. See the full Story via external site: news.com.com Most recent stories in this category (Connectivity): 17/08/2010: Protesters denounce Google plan for 'two-tier internet' |
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