Internet2 ramps up to 8.8Tbps
arstechnica.com
arstechnica.com
I don't exactly get telemedecine, most of the examples I've seen are HD video teleconferencing setups or controlling robots from afar, both thing that seem to require mostly low latency.
Anyway, they tested a 100G link between chicago and new orleans at Supercomputing last year, NASA and NOAA filled it up very easily ;p
Hard drive failure the week the RIAA scanned the network == lucky break for broke college student