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    Worlds Fastest Broadband Connection 40 Gbps

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by kodlan, Jul 13, 2007.

  1. kodlan

    kodlan Notebook Consultant

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    Seems like what we think as a fast broadband connection is no longer fast enough…

    http://www.ultrasharpware.com/blog/2007/07/13/worlds-fastest-broadband-connection-—-40-gbps/:

    ... packing my stuff and moving to Sweden. =D
     
    kodlan, Jul 13, 2007
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  2. Phillip

    Phillip Phillip J. Fry

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    now that's fast, is it for reals?
     
    Phillip, Jul 13, 2007
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  3. Ataranea

    Ataranea Notebook Evangelist

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    jeez I would like to get that connection at my place.
     
    Ataranea, Jul 13, 2007
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  4. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    I have 15mb/s fiber and 99.9% of the sites out there dont even let me use 1/8th of my bandwidth. A fast connection wont mean jack untill all the servers are faster too. Also the further away things are the more it slows down.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jul 13, 2007
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  5. System64

    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    40GBPs. Part of the bandwidth is wasted as no one is going to surf 1500 HDTV channels simultaneously. But it is sure a dream for speed junkies!
     
    System64, Jul 13, 2007
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  6. Phillip

    Phillip Phillip J. Fry

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    speed junkies? now you're speaking my language.
    too bad most of that 40GBPS is useless under normal use.
     
    Phillip, Jul 19, 2007
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  7. Outrigger

    Outrigger SupaStar Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    The US has one of the slowest broadband networks in the world. People in Europe and Japan are using speeds many times faster than the fastest currently offered here. I read this in the NY Times a few weeks ago. With the U.S. being such a technologically advanced country, our speed sure sucks.
     
    Outrigger, Jul 19, 2007
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  8. Circa69

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    Exactly my thought :D

    here is this at the end of the article.....
     
    Circa69, Jul 20, 2007
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  9. Sucka

    Sucka Notebook Consultant

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    Hard drives can't even process that much information, i don't see how you could even use that for sustained periods of time even if servers were able to achieve those speeds back to you.

    It's cool, but pointless.
     
    Sucka, Jul 20, 2007
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  10. Romanian

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    Sorry to break it to you, but the US isn't technologically advanced anymore. We used to be, around the 1970s. Now we're behind Romania (and that's saying something). Nearly all Eurasian countries are ahead of us in terms of technology. The USA has become to militaristic to worry about technology.
     
    Romanian, Jul 20, 2007
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