The new Internet2 network is scheduled to be in place by fall of 2007. It transmits data at up to 10 gigabytes per second and in tests recently reached speeds of 8.8 GBs. While the new internet is intended for scientific research, including the transmission of high volume data such as telescope pictures, it is only a matter of time before sumilar networks become available to conmmercial users. It will mean an incredible increase is speeds, for example being able to download a movie in seconds ratheer than several minutes. More important;ly, such high speed internet service will make such things as online TV and view-on-demand videos easy and fast. Current trends to migrate to the internet will be solidified. globeandmail.com : Internet2 aims to boost capacity 80-fold