Internet2, which is run by a consortium of more than 200 U.S. universities, said they have “sent data at 7.67-gigabits per second using standard communications protocols,” - and did 9.08Gbps 24 hours later using IPv6 protocols. The data sent started in Tokyo and went to Chicago, Amsterdam and Seattle before returning to Tokyo. The previous high of 6.96 Gbps was set in November 2005. Read [Yahoo! News]