MeNaCeDog
join:2001-04-04
Las Vegas, NV | WoW where can i get one of them?
What would you do with a connection that fast??????? That's alot of porn. |
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kenyg
join:2001-02-09
Hatboro, PA | ooooh
Droooolll - I need that kinda speed - holy cow -
Ken |
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C4Xplosive
join:2002-02-21
Vancouver, WA | Fiber Optic Forum
what do I tell you...there is no theoretical max on Fiber Optics yet  . |
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Rivian
Rivian
join:2001-08-13
clubs:
| Yippie....
Meanwhile, I sit here at my home computer and its lousy connection for a half hour while uploading a few family pictures for email to relatives.
Why don't those lab "boys" expend their energies into developing a practical and cheap way of making last mile connections that I (and the rest of the country) could actually benefit from - INCLUDING GETTING ME A BROADBAND CONNECTION!?!
You can shove huge amounts of data around the country until your nose drops off if that’s what you want, but it is almost entirely useless when people can't take advantage of tapping into it.
Sheesh....
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kba4
join:2001-10-23
Canton, OH
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| i'd be happy to get what i pay for
i think this advancement is tremendous. it's truly a testament to current technology.
what i see happening, however, is this technology will just take a little longer to oversubscribe, but that's what will happen. there's simply not enough competition- and furthermore, as days progress, there's less and less incentive to compete.
incidentally, doesn't Seimens in Germany hold the data-delivery record?
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sago
join:2001-12-19 | WOW!
Pretty cool...... |
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a non mouse
@pacbell.n
| the trouble is..
What would you possibly do with that sort of speed? Download more movies, more music? The sad thing is the record companies, hollywood, etc will do everything in their powers from here on out to stop and control whats going on right now. It sickens me to think that technology is going to be held back by mankinds lowest common denominator, money.;( |
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Mike
Premium,Mod
join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA
clubs:  | Sending what though?
I want to know where they even found 2.56 terabits of data. It could of been the same 40gb cluster though..? |
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wtansill
Ncc1701
join:2000-10-10
Falls Church, VA
| reply to Rivian
Re: Yippie....
said by Rivian:
You can shove huge amounts of data around the country until your nose drops off if that's what you want, but it is almost entirely useless when people can't take advantage of tapping into it.
Sheesh....
Agreed. And with fewer competitors with each passing day, the telco's have little incentive to improve things -- they can simply sit back and feed from the revenue stream generated by existing technology... |
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verolom
join:2002-03-23
Eagleville, PA
·Comcast
|  Show me the money!
Money is not the lowest common denominator, the people doing anything for money are.
Sure, probably none of us will have 2 Tbps at home in our lifetime. I'd be happy with 2 Mbps right now If that doubles every 5 years and if I live around 50 more years, lifetime means about 2 Gbps. Well, maybe our kids will... |
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Mike
Premium,Mod
join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA
clubs: | reply to a non mouse
Re: the trouble is..
The RIAA is sure as hell not going to keep bandwidth away from me. |
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NeoGeo64
Premium
join:2001-09-22
Leesburg, GA
| reply to verolom
Re: Show me the money!
We'll see it... believe me lol
Same thing applies to Bill Gates saying 64k of RAM (or whatever the number was) would be more than anyone ever needed.
[text was edited by author 2002-03-23 13:20:57] |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | I thought he said 640K of RAM. Maybe he said 64 but I thought it was a bit more than that. |
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ChrisPC
join:2002-01-30
Hermitage, TN | 640K
It was 640K. I had a 286 with 640K, and it did take quite a few years to become obsolete. |
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St0ney
join:2001-02-25
uranus | Speed
IS that 2.65 tb up and down...or just one way? |
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mrvan
join:2000-12-30
Sacramento, CA | reply to Rivian
Re: Yippie....
Because you don't pay the MILLIONS per unit they can make from the telcos. |
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Juke Box
Free From Marketing
Premium
join:2001-01-29
Bar & Grill | Can I open an account for that service?
Well, anyone? |
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Mospaw
D O N E
Hawaiian Jellyfish
join:2001-01-08
The Pacific
·Cox HSI
Host:
Road Warriors, Not..
All Things Macintosh
Automotive
| said by Juke Box:
Can I open an account for that service?
Assuming you had unlimited cash, you could get some amazingly fast service. Probably not terabit quality, but lots of gigabits, if you wanted.
Unfortunately, it would mostly go to waste. Unless you were serving the universe streaming media, it would be hard to saturate that kind of connection. And even if you surfed for all the [insert what you surf for here] you could stand, it's doubtful any sites could fill a pipe that big anyway. Anything not filled is wasted, so you'd better have a pretty fast click finger or a loooong list of filez to download.
Aside form the momentary slowdowns and bottlenecks, I'm actually very happy with my residential broadband service. It's plenty fast for my needs, and most of my wants.
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DonLibesBad
join:1999-12-10
Potomac, MD | With enough money, you can get as much bandwidth as you need.
With enough money, you still can't keep Windows from crashing. |
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TXTigerman
Monopolies Kill
join:2000-12-21
Beeville, TX | This is Bell Labs we're talking about here.
This technology will sit on the shelf for 15-20 years just like DSL did.
There's no such thing as innovation when dealing with anything with Bell in the name.
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