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Good News From The High-Speed Networking Front

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. SBC stinks by krray · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I used to have Ameritech, now it's SBC. I still miss Ma-Bell and couldn't stand dealing with GTE and Verizon when I had to.

    I've tried all their services. Unfortunately not one of them could or can keep a sDSL connection at a mere 768K for more than a week at a time. Nor do they allow "unbundled" pairs any longer -- try and get DSL without paying for a POTS line. I couldn't even get DSL bundled to a ISDN line which _was_ my home phone system/backup-Internet.

    I highly doubt they'll be able to offer 100Mbit speeds, much less what their talking about. They have a hard time with 1Mbit links. Personally I've gone wireless with a 10Mbit uplink.

    Yeah, +900K/sec is common ... if the remote site has the bandwidth. I regularly consume the office(s) T1's -- combined I'm blocking everybody out with 300K/sec.

    On top of that ... it is also my dialtone (VoIP ... thanks to number portability SBC just lost my last account w/ them). No issue making UNLIMITED long distance calls for FREE. $40/mo additional for the first dialtone. $20/mo additional per line. Quality? I sound *better* than when I use my ISDN line/equipment. No lag. No echo. Free calls. No SBC.

  2. Drink lots of milk with the spicy foods by genner · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Acid + base = water + c02, unfortunately the co2 bit usally comes out as a firestorm of burps and farts, but hey the acid is gone.