[LINK] Europe's internet2

[Tony Barry]

Extracted item for information.

Source: Edupage, January 8, 2001

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EUROPE'S INTERNET2
Europe is building a high-speed research network called GEANT
that will connect research institutions in 30 countries. GEANT,
similar to Internet2 in the United States, will run on a 2.5 Gbps
backbone and is expected to serve as a testing ground for new
applications in fields such as medicine and telecommunications.
For example, research on GEANT is expected to bring advances in
quality of service and multicasting technology, which will
eventually filter down to the commercial realm. The European
Union has promised to provide 80 million euros to help build the
research network, which is scheduled to go online in the middle
of 2001. (Network Magazine, December 2000)
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