So, For My First Glorious Post...

[Devin]

I'm going to ask you guys what you think of Internet2. I, personally, don't have a large opinion on the topic. I know as much as everyone else does.

 

[FreightTrain]

Internet2? There's a sequel??

 

[RedRyder]

Welcome..... and ummm..... never heard of it.

 

[Staci]

confused and welcome

 

[Azazel]

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[nonsensebabble]

looked it up and found this
The Internet2 Network, through its regional network and connector members, connects over 60,000 U.S. educational, research, government and "community anchor" institutions, from primary and secondary schools to community colleges and universities, public libraries and museums to health care organizations
The Internet2 community is actively engaged in developing and deploying emerging network technologies beyond the scope of single institutions and critical to the future of the Internet. These technologies include large-scale network performance measurement and management tools simple and secure identity and access management tools and advanced capabilities such as the on-demand creation and scheduling of high-bandwidth, high-performance circuits

So whats the difference from internet 1

 

[nonsensebabble]

azazel I may be new but I can see with you "A picture is worth a thousand words"

 

[sexysadie]

Is that a movie?

 

[FreightTrain]

It won't be up for an Oscar!

 

[sexysadie]

I've never heard of it....

 

[Peter Parka]

I'm deeply opposed to it! :dunno

 

[Devin]

Internet2 is basically the no-choice update from Internet Explorer. Internet2 disables the use of social networks, such as the forum you're using now, and any freelance organizational websites. Only the business associations that work alongside with the government, such as the federal bank, are allowed to create a website. With Internet2, the government attempts to limit the people so they can "monitor" the comings and goings of people's personal business, in an attempt at lowering the crime that comes from rapists, hackers, etc. from the cause of the Internet.

 

[HK]

I'm going to go look it up. There's no way something like that is actually going to happen anytime soon. There'd be an uproar.

 

[HK]

Okay, so it's an alternative network for universities and businesses, mainly so that research and so on can have access to greater bandwidth and other perks.

It's not really affecting the general public right now. It's a good idea, but it fails to recognise how many people use the Internet for nothing more complex than staring at tits. It'll never replace the original Internet if they attempt to restrict things like social networks and pornography.

 

[Devin]

Okay, so it's an alternative network for universities and businesses, mainly so that research and so on can have access to greater bandwidth and other perks.

It's not really affecting the general public right now. It's a good idea, but it fails to recognise how many people use the Internet for nothing more complex than staring at tits. It'll never replace the original Internet if they attempt to restrict things like social networks and pornography.

We're not supposed to have a choice.

 

[HK]

We're not supposed to have a choice.

Can you put up some links that give more info on this lack of choice? I haven't found anything about it on the mainstream sites and I'd be interested to see more.

Also, you said it was a no-choice update for Internet Explorer. How is that supposed to affect people who use an alternative browser then? I haven't used IE for years.

 

[Devin]

Can you put up some links that give more info on this lack of choice? I haven't found anything about it on the mainstream sites and I'd be interested to see more.

Also, you said it was a no-choice update for Internet Explorer. How is that supposed to affect people who use an alternative browser then? I haven't used IE for years.

It -may not- be true about us having no choice, but I doubt they would create it without a reason such as that. I'll try to find some links now and I'll post them if I do find them. And, it's supposed to be that whatever internet browser besides Internet2 exists, will be disbanded and unavailable to the public. [Edit:] Also, here's a link to keep you occupied on how consuming this program is.

http://chronicle.com/article/Tech-Therapy-How-Internet2/125805/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

[Edit2:] Also, Internet2 is apparently going to halt patriot truth-telling, as pointed out in this article.

http://www.rinf.com/columnists/news/aol-and-the-coming-of-internet-2

[Edit3:] And here, HK, is your proof.

http://indianinthemachine.wordpress...tand-tall-beside-your-truthbringers-on-the-i/

 

[HK]

Not too far in the future, cable companies will probably sell Internet2-like download speeds to home users. However, most people won't ever use Internet2 itself.
Internet2 was never designed to replace the Internet most of us are using now. It's more like a beach or a restaurant—great when not too many people know about it, frustrating when everybody and his mother starts to show up.

Just read an article about it. From what I can see, this is really not something we have to worry about. Trying to make Internet2 into worldwide forced usage would be a huge mistake - it works as well as it does for organisations and universities because they're a tiny, tiny number of people compared to those who use Internet1, i.e. everyone else. If everyone was moved over to Internet2, it would defeat the whole purpose of it in the first place.


Quote taken from: http://www.slate.com/id/2120440

 

[Devin]

From what -I- can see, is that Internet2 isn't well-known at all, so we can't know what its features are. The Internet2 website itself fails to explain what it does, laying down various articles and praising itself.

 

[anathelia]

Just read an article about it. From what I can see, this is really not something we have to worry about. Trying to make Internet2 into worldwide forced usage would be a huge mistake - it works as well as it does for organisations and universities because they're a tiny, tiny number of people compared to those who use Internet1, i.e. everyone else. If everyone was moved over to Internet2, it would defeat the whole purpose of it in the first place.


Quote taken from: http://www.slate.com/id/2120440

The only way I see Internet2 being utilized is if they somehow run out of room on the internet.

But, I don't see that happening anytime soon, seeing as how we're just now having to transition to IPv6.