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CSIRO Demonstrates Fastest Wireless Link Yet

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the sky-is-the-limit dept.

rob101 writes "The CSIRO yesterday demonstrated the world's 'fastest' wireless radio link by transmitting sixteen full quality DVD streams over a 250m link and only using a quarter of the available bandwidth. 'The CSIRO ICT Centre today announced that it has achieved over six gigabits per second over a point to point wireless connection with the highest efficiency (2.4bits/s/Hz) ever achieved for such a system.'" CSIRO hopes to double the speed of this connection in the future, pushing twelve gigabits a second.

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  1. Side benefit by quokkapox · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can pop your microwave popcorn by just holding it up between the router and the TV during the FBI warning.

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  2. Terminology by nacturation · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry, I just don't understand this DVD streaming thing. Can someone translate this into Libraries of Congress per second?

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  3. Wow, finally a technology.... by jocks · · Score: 3, Funny

    ....that will keep Windows Vista patched in real time!

  4. Only a quarter of the available bandwidth... by Xolom · · Score: 3, Funny

    why don't they try using the rest?