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Internet2 Sets New Data Transmission Record for 2016

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January 4, 2017

Internet2, the nation’s high-speed research and education network, established a new record for data sent across its network in 2016. The network transmitted 1,022.3 petabytes of data in 2016, which is the equivalent of 1,022,300 terabytes. Internet2 is connected to the country’s leading research universities and handles loads of big data on a daily basis.

Visit the Internet2 web site to read more about this amazing milestone.