Don Kasprzak

Conversations regarding Globalization, Internet2 and Education

June 18, 2008
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Astronomy without borders

Internet2 has partnered to transfer real time data between China and New South Wales.  Crossing the globe merging multiple countries and processing huge amounts of data.  Very cool to see advanced research and education networks grabbing 512 megs per second … Continue reading

June 16, 2008
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Internet2: 200 Gigabit backbone by 2014

The demand for bandwidth usage has been a funny issue of late. Comcast, TimeWarner and AT&T have announced new bandwidth taxing to consumers while on the research side Internet2 and the Department of Energy’s ESnet are planning to upgrade their … Continue reading

May 15, 2008
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FTC Update coming

As WiscNet‘s Future Technologies Conference wrapped up late yesterday followed by a staff outing in Madison. Will be posting a lot of content regarding our keynote speakers and Internet2 over the next couple of days and grabbing my flickr feed … Continue reading

May 15, 2008
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WiscNet FTC Day 2 Keynote

Joel Mambretti presented an overview of projects underway in Chicago’s Starlight network during his address: Creating Communications for the 21st Century: Applications, Architecture, Technology and Facilities. Starlight is really one of the true keys of internet research and development. At … Continue reading

May 4, 2008
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Laptop orchestra to Beijing via Internet2

Stanford’s Laptop Orchestra will perform via Internet2 to Beijing, over 6,000 miles away via HD video and audio in a performance marking the annual Pan-Asian Music Festival in Palo Alto on Tuesday May 5th. Tags: Internet2, laptop, orchestra, community, globalization, … Continue reading

April 30, 2008
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National Broadband Policy

At last week’s Internet2 Spring Meeting Telepoly Consultant John Windhausen presented research support the adoption of a National Broadband Policy to deliver 100 Megabits to every home and business by 2012. Would you like to fully understand the impact of … Continue reading

April 23, 2008
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The net is running out of IP addresses

At this morning’s Internet2 Spring member meeting John Curran, Chairman of The American Registry of Internet Numbers (ARIN) actually stated THIS WILL OCCUR within three years if the internet stays at IPv4. Time to plan your migration to IPv6. But … Continue reading