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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."

4 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. 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.