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Wired and Wireless At the Same High Speed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the zoom dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "The next generation of optical networks needed to satisfy our appetite for bandwidth is currently under development. And researchers from Georgia Tech have built a new architecture which delivers super-broadband wired and wireless service simultaneously. This hybrid system 'could allow dual wired/wireless transmission up to 100 times faster than current networks.' In fact, this optical-wireless network can carry as many as 32 different channels, each providing 2.5 gigabit-per-second service to your home or your office. And companies such as NEC and BellSouth are already working on such hybrid optical-wireless communications networks."

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  1. But... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can it run a Beowulf Cluster of Soviet Russian... ah fuck it

    1. Re:But... by niXcamiC · · Score: 2, Funny

      You insensitive clod, netcraft confirms that it can run a Beowulf Cluster of Soviet Russian old people belong to us.

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  2. my office? by jjeffries · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did anyone else see the picture in that first link and think "Hey, what's that dude doing behind my desk???"

  3. Re:Not Speed - Latency by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The speed of light isn't good enough for you?

  4. Re:Processing that much data by cashman73 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Will non-supercomputer users even be able to take advantage of that much dataflow? I can't imagine even being able to write all of that out to a HD, much less the overhead required for packet management.

    You are apparently not familiar with the bandwidth and data transfer requirements of Windows Vista bloatware,...