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150 Mbit/s DSL.
surstrmming writes "German company Infineon have released their new QAM
VDSL Plus
chips, providing 150 Mbit/s data rates over ordinary copper wire." Note that that kinda throughput is at the 1000 feet mark... but the chip can still serve up 4mbps even at 13,000 feet.
These speeds aren't that impressive when considering the normal density of telephone exchanges and typical copper cable runs. It seems that the DSL bandwidth over 2 copper wires has reached the point of not being able to significantly increase the capacity at anything approaching Moore's law. When will we have carriers that value the importance of running fibre to the home and developing high capacity switches to cater for this level of bandwidth? Here in Australia, there is serious consideration for the Natural Gas utilities to provide fibre-in-the-gas-pipe-infrastructure.
Why use this old technology when they can invest in newer technology like fiber to the house and/or Internet2 connectivity?
This is a test. This is a test of the emergency sig system. This has been only a test.
Who cares if it can do 150 Mbit?
Nobody is going to run that kind of pipe out to the CO.
-Nick
My name is Obi-Wan Kenobi. You killed my master. Prepare to die.
..but for the home user it's impractical until the internet catches up to it. I wonder what'll come along where 150mb becomes a must have?
Anybody read up on the Internet 2? If memory serves, they've been dishing out 100mbs or so. I can't remember what they were doing with that bandwidth, though.
I'm not asking from a cynical perspective. I'm really curious what happens when 150mbs can be served up. The first thing that pops into my mind is setting up a server at home (assuming 150 up as well as down. I can dream!) and remotely accessing it anywhere. Fun stuff. Wish I was more imaginitive tho.
"Derp de derp."
Well, it's great that it can pull down 150Mb/s ... but you've gotta have an empty OC3 to feed it. And if you've got an OC3, might as well kick out the extra cash to run in the extra 300 meters.
The 4km @ 4Mb/s is pretty nice, though.
It's all going to be swept away by Digital Spread Spectrum.
The Net will be in the air, encrypted, ubiquitous, undetectable, unstoppable and free.
It's Christmas everyday with BitTorrent.
Let's stop the whining about lack of high-speed coverage! I have another idea.
Anybody up for pitching in together to build a company to force the last mile. We'll simply bypass the telco and cable companies, put in higher bandwidth than this, charge reasonable fees, and have on-demand video and VOIP as built in services. We'll start with dense neighborhoods and then acquire grants for poor neighborhoods and rural areas. We'll use a shared bandwidth scheme with a minimum speed gurantee. If only 1 user is active, he gets the whole pipe.
It's time to stop the whining about how bad the high bandwidth coverage is and just start making money changing it!
There are enough of us out there (and I'm talking just /.ers) who can cover the technical, financial, and regulatory bases and make this thing happen. Why wait for the bloated telcos and cable companies to build (and own) the new infrastructure. Let's build it ourselves.
New Motto: No more dark fiber! No more dialups!
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