ITs nto science that fucks you over, its bad ISP and the fact that so many internet users accept 90s technology as "the norm". Americans are so used to protesting agaisnt anything its hard for me to believe they havent protested for higher itnernet speeds, say, 10 years ago when the progress stopped?DVS BSTrD said:
"Twisted Light" Paves the Way for Ultra-Fast Internet
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What could anyone do with a connection greater than a gb a second... what is there to download that's that large?
For the record, my average of around 2mb/s is perfectly fine with me, thank you.
For the record, my average of around 2mb/s is perfectly fine with me, thank you.
This very much reminds me of how The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect began.
I want this speed. Now.
I want this speed. Now.
I reckon films, games, porn, software.Easton Dark said:
[small]None of which are proprietarily licensed, of course...[/small]
Would be nice to have a 312.5GB/s speeds 
Download a complete game in about .05 seconds! ::drools:: (assuming whomever you download from actually has the same upload speed XD)
Download a complete game in about .05 seconds! ::drools:: (assuming whomever you download from actually has the same upload speed XD)
So it operates on a similar principle to DDR memory buses. One data burst at the top clock, one on the bottom.
What good is all this to most in the US? It won't change the minds of those like Comcast and Time Warner who want to rip people off with internet caps.
I suppose it is good news for those who don't have to deal with crooked ISP's, but sadly it doesn't give me good feelings.
I suppose it is good news for those who don't have to deal with crooked ISP's, but sadly it doesn't give me good feelings.
Guess it is hit or miss wherever you are. I do hear from many in Europe how they enjoy high speed without caps. They must be the lucky ones.Zagzag said:
Either case, higher speeds won't deter internet caps. It just means you will reach your cap faster. Until I hear a legitimate reason and not just lame profiteering excuses from the big ISP's, I will stand on the position caps are completely unnecessary in this day and age.
I agree that they are unnecesary, but since they are so normal here, people seem to just assume that there is a reason for them. I imagine that some Europeans get good unlimited intenet, but in the north of England, caps seem to be a fact of life for anyone who doesn't get their internet as part of a TV package, and even then its not certain.samsonguy920 said:
The fact that the first commercial application of this tech will be satellite saddens me. That means that regardless of the download speeds, there will still be the 1 1/2 seconds of latency simply due to the speed of light, which varies between traveling through space and through the air. So it would still be nearly unusable for gaming, especially if you're a shooter fan.
Don't mind me, just chilling with my 30 mb/s connectionIrridium said:
[sub]I eagerly await someone to upstage this number[/sub]
Well for starters the demand on reliable broadband connections is growing larger and larger so anything that can help keep up with this demand is a bonus. Plus you could download Hi Def movies and games in a couple of secondsEaston Dark said:
Sounds nice in theory, but won't this get bottlenecked by HDD capabilities?
I currently have a 100 megabits/s (which means my downloads cap at 12.5 MB/s) connection and most sites don't allow for such downloading speed.
I'm sure there's a good use for it, but I don't think it's very useful for private users.
I currently have a 100 megabits/s (which means my downloads cap at 12.5 MB/s) connection and most sites don't allow for such downloading speed.
I'm sure there's a good use for it, but I don't think it's very useful for private users.
Are you saying Kilobytes or Kilobits? If that is how many Kilobytes you get a second in a download your speed is actually 640 Kilobits a second. (8 bits make up a byte...)Irridium said:
My speed is about 10 Megabits a second. I download about 1.5 Megabytes a second... It is probably faster cause I share bandwidth with lots of other things in the house. 3 other computers, an Xbox. and an iPad...
1080p porn!? YAY!~Tanis said:
I think the fastest steam goes is like 25MB/s... Not sure. never reached it before....DTWolfwood said:Would be nice to have a 312.5GB/s speeds
I've been waiting for several years for Verizon to bring FiOS to my area so I can have an Internet speed above 1.5MB/s
Random fact: The U.S. is ranked 26th fastest in Internet speeds.
Random fact: The U.S. is ranked 26th fastest in Internet speeds.