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    Internet2

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by nizzy1115, Aug 31, 2008.

  1. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    Has anyone heard of this before? I learned about it a little while back and I truly find it fascinating.

    Basically, the internet started as a way for universities to share information...now today its so bogged down with spam and youtube traffic that its original purpose was lost...Enter Internet2. It is a separate backbone for universities to communicate together. Go to a research university? You probably are on internet2.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet2
     
    nizzy1115, Aug 31, 2008
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  2. Polarix

    Polarix Notebook Evangelist

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    My school is there. Woot woot.

    University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Yeah!
     
    Polarix, Aug 31, 2008
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  3. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Actually, the forebear of the internet was ARPANet, which was developed under the aegis of, and with money from, the Department of Defense - it certainly included Universities, however, because that's where a lot of the defense research went on.

    It wasn't something quite so idealistic and rosy as the OP's post seems to imply (although, then again, I'm thorough-going cynic, so perhaps I over-read it).
     
    Shyster1, Sep 1, 2008
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