Tech giants hold high hopes for Internet2
C|Net | at | by Mike
Internet2 started in 1996 as a group of corporations, universities and nonprofits interested in advanced research. The project acts as a laboratory for companies and researchers developing new technologies and also serves as a blueprint of what the Internet could look like in the future. Most people associate video streaming over the Internet with chunky sound and halted pictures, for example, but the technology has made great strides within Internet2 to broadcast quality.