Good News From The High-Speed Networking Front

Posted by timothy on Wednesday March 24, 2004 @06:41AM from the two-scoops-of-bits dept.

Degrees writes "Over at Small Times there is an article about two Danish companies that want to make deploying fiber optic lines easier with MEMS-based packaging technology. (MEMS is Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems - described here). Also mentioned is that the big three U.S. telcos are working on fiber to the home plans." And punkmac points to this eWeek article which begins "An Intel Corp. backed startup, SolarFlare Communications Inc. said Monday that it has developed a working prototype of a chip that will permit 10G-bps communications over standard CAT5e copper wiring. SolarFlare's chip will be used as evidence that 10G-bit over copper can be done, in anticipation of a draft IEEE standard to be developed later this year."

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Damnit by iibbmm · 2004-03-24 06:43 · Score: 3, Funny

Still not fast enough to beam my body from my bedroom to the office to hooters to the office to the bedroom.. all the while allowing at least marginal performance from the Vonage piggyback.
traditional simpsons quote by AnonymousCowheart · 2004-03-24 06:54 · Score: 3, Funny

Nerd 1: "Now you can download porn 500 times faster"
Marge: "Does anyone need that much porn?"
Homer: (drooling) "aghghghghghgh 500 times faster"