Speeding up the net - is it possible?It takes a little control - Bob Tarzey, the Register

The best way to get reliable performance out of a wide area network (WAN) is to install your own high-speed gigabit fibre optic cables between all the locations in your organisation. This could provide seemingly unlimited bandwidth for your employees to use the applications they like and not have to think twice about the volume of content they send around the network.... This often includes the internet, which is anyway a mishmash of privately owned networks - a "virtual public network" if you like. In theory the internet treats all traffic equally, but despite the high-minded claims of the so called "net neutralists", it is possible to buy high priority bandwidth on any shared network, including those privately owned elements of the internet. Virtual private network (VPN) providers use a mix of their own networking facilities and public ones to provide priority wide area services.

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