Experimental 4G Phone Service Faster Than Cable

JymBrittain writes "NewScientist reports that Japanese researchers have achieved blistering rates of transmission for cell phones that allowed for viewing of 32 high definition video streams, while traveling in an automobile at 20 kilometers per hour. From the article: "Officials from NTT DoCoMo say the phones could receive data at 100 megabits per second on the move and at up to a gigabit per second while static. At this rate, an entire DVD could be downloaded within a minute." These transmission rates were achieved using new experimental methods of multiplexing."

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But the cost...

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So, with telcos providing data at 2c per kB, downloading that DVD in less than a minute will cost you $98,000.

Surely it's gotta be cheaper to just buy a helicopter and fly to the video store.