Coming soon: superfast internet / Times, 6 April
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3689881.ece
"The internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.
At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, “the grid” will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds."