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200mbps DSL On Its Way?

Posted by timothy on from the on-speed-is-the-new-on-steroids dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I came upon a news story about Texas Instruments developing a new DSL technology which will allow ISP's to boost their bandwidth to 200mbps (Yes, mega bits per second). The UDSL service, as it is dubbed, is backwards compatible with current DSL technologies such as VDSL and ADSL. This should get many cable internet users, like myself, a second look at DSL." Update: 06/15 01:26 GMT by T : "mps" and "mbs" both de-mangled.

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  1. technology never ceases to amaze by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    'which will allow ISP's to boost their bandwidth to 200mbs'

    awesome, now it will only take 5 seconds to get a bit.

  2. can't wait by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    think how fast sites could get slashdotted then.

  3. Ultimate Powa by ParticleMan911 · · Score: 5, Funny

    When your phone lines start burning through the walls, don't say you weren't warned.

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  4. Where I'm at, we barely have regular DSL by RLiegh · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, I will expect 200mps DSL ...oh, let's see... on the fifth of never.

    I guess it's cable for the foreseeable future.

  5. Hello, standard units of measure? by g0at · · Score: 5, Funny

    200mbps (Yes, mega bits per second).

    then

    Update: 06/15 01:26 GMT by T: "mps" and "mbs" both de-mangled.

    Well if you're going to take any effort to de-mangle, how about de-mangling into something that doesn't mean "milibits per second" if what you really mean is "megabits per second" (Mbps)?

    -b
    (argh)

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