National LambdaRail (NLR) is a fiber optic infrastructure that provides ultra-high bandwidth and capacity to serve education, research, and economic development efforts. LambdaRail delivers information at 10 Gbps (Gigabits per second). To put this in perspective, the movie "The Matrix" (7.8 GB in SDTV DVD format) takes twelve hours to download using a 1.5 Mbps cable modem, but only six seconds using 10 Gbps LambdaRail.
The capacity of LambdaRail enables research and collaboration in ways that would not otherwise be possible. LambdaRail enables telemedicine and biomedical collaboration, metrological studies, telepresence and real-time collaboration, geodata studies, remote data vaulting, and access to scholarly resources.
Pensacola is one of only two locations in Florida with a direct connection to the National LambdaRail. The University of West Florida is also a member of FLR, or Florida LambdaRail. FLR is a consortium of ten Florida universities and provides its members with direct connectivity to FLR and NLR-connected institutions, peering with other national and international research networks, and dedicated waves for research and special projects.
