. >> this link up between the stem school and usc is enabled by what's known as a "geni rack". located at the university of tennesee, chattanooga. >> the geni rack is essentially the next generation internet. you can do simulations, you can do some high speed computing and you can really test out some things that, you know, traditionally you can't. >> the geni rack and its ultra high speed connections will usher in the internet of the future-and it's all been enabled by the latest fibre optic technolgy >> you are basically at the first round of trying to transmit information down fibre. you have unlimited capacity into the future, all you have is to change the electronics on the end to get more capacity. colman keane is the director of fibre technology at epb. >> so how much data can you pump through one piece of fibre? >> we can do up to 10 gigabits on any single fibre. there are optics that we can get that are much higher than that. so 100 gigbits or whatever per fibre. >> but while the city of chattanooga may be contemplating a 10 gig or even 100 gig future, the gap between