The path started in Tokyo and stretched 20,000 miles going through Chicago, Amsterdam, Seattle and then back to Tokyo. The initial try on December 30th achieved speeds of 7.67 gigabits per second. After some tuning, the scientists reached 9.08 Gbps on New Year’s Eve.
The theoretical limit of the Internet 2 is 10 Gbps on a single link.
Internet 2 reaches 9.08 Gbps