Internet2 2003 Annual Report
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Internet2 Land Speed Record
lsr.internet2.edu
The Internet2 Land Speed
Record is an open and ongoing
competition that establishes
the world’s highest-bandwidth,
end-to-end network performance.
The current record, set
on November 11, 2003 by a
team from Caltech and CERN
and recognized by the
Guinness Book of World Records,
transferred more than
one terabyte of data in less
than one hour across more
than 10,000 km of network— including the Abilene Network.
This represents an average
rate of more than 5.64 Gbps,
more than 20,000 times faster
than a typical home broadband
connection, and demonstrates
the ability of high-
performance networking to
enable scientists and students
to work in ways not possible
on the commercial Internet.
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