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The FUNET sets up 155 Mbit/s ATM connections to all Finnish universities. Links to other countries are also upgraded to 155 Mbit/s. The annual increase in traffic abroad has been relatively steady, at 150%, at least for the FUNET and NORDUnet.
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FUNET-TV begins video-on-demand transmissions using a media server, which is capable if required of transmitting digital-TV images at several megabits per second.
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The NORDUnet launches the Nordunet2 development project and enters into an agreement with the USA's Internet2 project on collaboration to develop new Internet services.
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The World Wide Web Consortium releases the specifications for XML (Extensible Markup Language) version 1.0, which will make it easy to expand future web pages.
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