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Increasing bandwidth and high-speed networks

Slide image: Still from a Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development (GLORIAD) animation showing a north polar view of the earth and the GLORIAD high performance network that encircles the globe. The image shows the network connecting the following cities: Amsterdam, Moscow, New York, Chicago, Novosibirsk, Calgary, Seattle, Beijing, Hong Kong, Daejeon, Khabarovsk.

Credit: Trent L. Schindler, National Science Foundation (animation); Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation (screen capture and update)