The EGEE project officially ended on the 31 March 2006
EGEE II started on 1 April 2006 and the new EGEE website can be found at:
http://www.eu-egee.org
What is Gigabit Ethernet (GE)?
Gigabit Ethernet is the Ethernet standard offering Gigabit services. The standard typically employs fibre but can be supported on Cat 6 cable. This technology until know has been used for campus style backbone networks; it is know finding its way to the desktops for high end servers and intensive graphical applications.