New Milestone for 3.4 Gbps Internet2

I remember from 3 years ago the connection at the University of the Freestate was 1.5 MEGABIT. Kinda sad.
 
The South African equivalent of Internet 2 will be SANReN, which is creating a backbone research network for South Africa, together with TENET. I wonder if they will offer this kind of commercial peering arrangement for universities at decent speeds. I suspect our commercial ISPs (and SAIX in particular) will need to grow up a bit before they would entertain this idea.
 
Hi

Sorry for the dumb question but what does this mean for the Internet 2 network? Why do the guys make money from it? Is it connecting their network to the Internet or are they carrying other people's traffic across America on their Internet 2 network and then charging for it?

Thanks
 
Internet2 is a research network used by tertiary institutions. It is also a testing ground(of sorts) for new communications technology. It is not a "for profit" network like the Internet.
 
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