Accelerates its DSL Rollout 2. Genuity Expands its Internet Service Level Guarantee 3. Geometric Compression Algorithm Promises 12X Gain over MPEG4 4. Users can link and share applications via a centrally located managed VPN gateway, which acts as the termination point for multiple IPSec tunnels.
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Researchers at Bell Labs' Mathematical Sciences Research Center and Caltech's Computer Science Department have developed a new algorithm for geometry compression is 12 times more efficient than the method standardized in MPEG4 and six times more efficient than the best previously published method. Digital geometric data is typically acquired by 3-D laser scanning and represents objects using dense meshes of millions or even billions of triangles. The first Internet applications to use the technology might be animated films and video games. The system supports distances of up to 15 km. Service ready central offices increased during the second quarter to over 1,700 from 1,350 at March 31, 2000.