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Foil 54 Comments on FLAG (Fiber Optic Link Across the Globe) and the Virtual University - I

From Web Application and Services Overview as of June96 NASA ICASE Tutorial -- June 10-13 1996. by Geoffrey Fox * See also color IMAGE
FLAG is an enterprise in which NYNEX Network Systems Company is a major (roughly 40%) investor.
Current fiber link from U.K. to Japan (via Africa) is being constructed at an approximate $1.4B cost
Natural Strategy is for Web Servers in U.S.A.. to deliver educational material via FLAG to Africa and Far East
This would set up hierarchically as:
  • U.S.A.. to first offramps: Coastal Countries (in Africa)
  • Coastal Countries distribute information in cascade fashion to rest of continent
  • Download bulk educational material ONCE (standard caching scenario)
  • Use FLAG Interactively for exploration and for student-teacher Interaction
Real-Time Compression critical for interactive use of FLAG as lines are costly -- note Internet is free but needs compression as overloaded ....
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