[Air-l] e-science, the grid, and supercomputers - inter2?

Ed Lamoureux ell at bradley.edu
Sun Sep 28 07:14:49 PDT 2003


Oh, I don't know....
while I'm not a big I2 guru, our Music Department is in its second year 
teaching hand drumming between here and the southeast coast via I2. . . 
there's a tiny lag, but the musicians worked it out...

On Saturday, September 27, 2003, at 09:59  PM, Denise N. Rall wrote:

> Dear Air-er's -
>
> I recall a lot of hype around internet2.  But the
> latest review I saw of its implementation (in a recent
> Chronicle of Higher Ed, don't have the exact date)
> looked very under-whelming.
>
> It was a new bandwidth and was supposed to offer broad
> spectrum high speed connectivity, especially for
> 'internet video' - a friend of mine was worked at
> Southern Cross Uni on the video implmentation for
> distance music teachers/pupils in Australia, another
> team (I believe at U-Kentucky) has worked on a similar
> project and not had much joy on the inter2 network.
> Despite the vaunted specs, it is too slow for
> interactive music instruction via 'webcam'.
>
> Ok, doesn't grid sound like inter2 all over again?
> Anyone out there working on project implementation
> with an inter2 link that is going well?? and I have
> continually heard that IPv6 is coming. Has it arrived
> in the US or anywhere else for that matter?
>
> Having a skeptical moment, Denise
>
>
>
>
>
> =====
> "The distance between here and there is growing; and getting even 
> larger as we speak" (S. S. Hall)
> Denise N. Rall, PhD student, School of EnvironSciMgmt, Southern Cross 
> Uni,  Lismore, NSW, 2480 Australia Phone +61-2-6624-8627 Fax 
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