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SBC Planning 15-25Mbps DSL Networks

Posted by timothy on from the planning-is-one-thing dept.

Tuxedo Jack writes "The Register reports that SBC has begun planning a massive network upgrade which will push fiber connections deeper into subdivisions and neighborhoods than before, resulting in incredibly fast DSL speeds for home users. Their current estimate for down/up speeds are 15-25mb/s down and 1-3mb/s up (mega_bits_, not bytes). SBC's press release goes into depth about this."

11 of 387 comments (clear)

  1. and a price increase? by WormholeFiend · · Score: 3, Funny

    My cable ISP is offering me an upgrade from 3 to 5mbps for a 50% increase of my bill...

  2. Fiber by L.+VeGas · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess it's true that fiber is good for you.

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  3. Re:Pedantic by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    Occasionally you'll see people saying that MB or Mb is megabyte and Mb or mb is megabit, but obviously this is far from consistent. The above is the most common that I've seen, or just avoid the whole subject and explicitly say 10mbit.

    And here I wasted my time in college learning 'M' is the abbreviation of Mega (million) and 'm' is the abbreviation of Milli (thousandths).

    Imagine the disappointment of subscribers finding that they get millibits per second.

    "Look, Dad, somethings coming in on the Teletype!"

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  4. In related news by MacGoldstein · · Score: 2, Funny

    NTT DoCoMo announces they'll be upgrading Tokyo and the surrounding areas' lines to 15-25 tbps.

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  5. No! mb == millibits, Mb == megabits by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You go to special pains to point out the meaning of the abbreviations but don't bother to use the correct abbreviations in the first place!

  6. If you are going to explain units, get them right. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    1-3mb/s up (mega_bits_, not bytes)

    mb/s would be millibits/second. I'm pretty sure I could manage that speed by using a flashlight for signaling 1s and 0s, 86 times / day.

  7. Re:About fsking time, but don't hold your breath by j-turkey · · Score: 2, Funny
    Anyone remember Pacbell's (aka SBC) 80's statement that "Fibre to the Curb" was just around the corner.

    When they said "just around the corner", they failed to mention the 20-year straightaway that preceded that corner.

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  8. Re:Deregulation is working by Solar+Limb · · Score: 1, Funny

    Your sig says "modifying." You keep saying that word. I do not think you know what it means. (hint: moderating)

  9. Re:15-25mbps... by AKnightCowboy · · Score: 3, Funny
    15-25mbps...

    Here in Sweden we have had 24mbps dsl network for quite some time now... both vdsl and adsl2+

    And in Tokyo the porn stars personally come out to give you the blowjob.. it's that fast.

  10. Re:15-25mbps... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wi n0t trei a h0liday in Sweden thi yer?...

    See the l0veli lakes

    The W0nderful teleph0ne system

    And mani interesting furry animals

    Including the majestic m00se

    A M00se once bit my sister ...

    No realli! She was Karving her initals on the m00se with the sharpened end of an interspace t00thbrush given by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian m0vies: "The H0t Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge M0lars of Horst Nordfink".

  11. Timothy needs to learn how to use SI Units by bohnsack · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is the second story from Timothy in just a bit more than a week where SI units are used incorrectly. See the previous story.

    In this story 15-25 Mb/s is expressed two ways:

    1) 15-25Mbps
    2) 15-24mbps

    Both of these are incorrect. Here's an reference on how to use SI correctly to back me up.

    In short:

    a) There's always a space between the number and the units.
    b) "M" is mega and "m" is milli. There's nine orders of magnitude difference between to two.
    c) "per" is expressed with a "/".