CNets reports that "Southeast Asia has its first 100Gbps network — the SingAren-Lightwave Internet Exchange (SLIX). Meant for research and education purposes, SLIX was set up by the Singapore Advanced Research and Education Network (SingAren) at a cost of around S$15 million ($12 million, £7 million or AU$13 million)."
"Besides the obvious use case for researchers to download and upload research material quickly, students in partner universities in Singapore, such as the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University, are also able to enjoy quicker access to Google and Microsoft services (such as YouTube and patch files) thanks to content peering."
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Sunday August 31 2014, @02:10AM
It sounds like each uni is getting 100Gbps connections. Not 100Gbit to the desktop. Though server can have multiple 10Gbps NIC's and very fast disk arrays.