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Germans Reach 360 Mbps in Mobile Network Tests

Posted by samzenpus on from the but-I-want-it-now dept.

povvell writes "German telecomms giant Siemens has managed to hit speeds of an astonishing 360 Mbps in field tests in the centre of Munich using 'orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and the so-called multi-hop technology'. This is not the only demonstration of OFDM producing super fast wireless speeds, as other companies are also working on variants of the technology. It surely can't be long now before we're all streaming the latest blockbuster movies to our laptops on the commuter train home?"

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  1. This will help them by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Distribute full length David Hasselhoff movies in mere seconds! Fear!

  2. Surely can't be long by gonerill · · Score: 4, Funny
    It surely can't be long now before we're all streaming the latest blockbuster movies to our laptops on the commuter train home?"


    Not long at all. And about ten minutes after that, the two RIAA agents will enter the carriage with an alsatian, escort you off the train at the next station and you will never be heard from again.

  3. Is that all? by mikeophile · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's a double sided DVD in 3 minutes.

    I'm sorry, but if the DVD takes longer to download than it takes the microwave to heat a HotPocket, I'm still going to be annoyed.

    1. Re:Is that all? by linzeal · · Score: 2, Funny

      Don't worry at a certain bandwidth you will be able to hold the burrito between your laptop and the general direction of the wi-fi tower and cook the burrito while you wait!

      --
      An Education is the Font of All Liberty
  4. except for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    > It surely can't be long now before we're all streaming the latest blockbuster movies to our laptops on the commuter train home?"

    Well, except for the Americans, who will get it 15 years after everybody else does, but claim they invented it.

  5. Heute 360Mbs.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    MORGEN DIE WELT!!!!!!!

    crowd rises in unison, tosses old telco equipment on raging fire...