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Comments on news posted 2002-03-23 11:31:17: Those crazy kids at Bell Labs have done it again, this time pausing from their bar brawls long enough to proclaim they've set a new data delivery record. The lab boys have claimed that in a demonstration, they sent a massive 2. ..
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 type6
join:2002-02-20
Toms River, NJ |  That's crazy
One major problem though, data is still has a maximum velocity of light speed. | |
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BrianDamage
We Are The Hounds From Hell
Premium
join:2001-08-14
Rowlett, TX
clubs: 
| They're not talking about...... .....a connection to a home or business that fast.
Quote:
"Bell Labs achieved the 2.56 terabit-per-second speed by sending 40 gigabits-per-second of data over each of 64 separate channels in fiber optic cable, which uses light waves to carry data. It used dense wave division multiplexing, a technology that allows service providers to push bigger chunks of data onto a single strand of optical fiber. The capacity and distance improvement was made possible by use of a coding scheme called differential phase shift keying, which Bell Labs has developed for high-capacity communications."
They are talking about long-haul transport, not individual broadband connections.
It is Lucent Technologies, also, not Bellcore.
Therein lies the reason why it will not translate into better ILEC offerings.
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We've got our eye on the firmaments, our hand on the armaments, our heads full of arguments, and words for our monuments..... | |
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clarkbhm
join:2001-02-23
Pittsburgh, PA
|  Telco's don't want to sell this much speed to YOU
The real reason for such bandwith is realtime data backup and storage to multiple off-site storage facilities. Companies are especially interested in this after WTC. They don't want to risk losing everything in an instant... | |
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detth
Onemhz On Aim
join:2000-10-06
Astoria, NY | Finally! | |
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