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Photonic Switching to Boost Internet Speeds

Posted by samzenpus on from the greased-lightning dept.

Da Massive writes "Researchers at the University of Sydney have developed technology that could boost the throughput of existing networks 100-fold without costing the consumer any more, and it's all thanks to a scratch on a piece of glass. After four years of development, University of Sydney scientists say the Internet is set to become, on average, 60 times faster than existing networks. According to the Centre for Ultra-high bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) at the University's School of Physics, the scratch will mean almost instantaneous, error-free and unlimited access to the Internet anywhere in the world."

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  1. Re:In this house we respect the laws of physics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What's homophobia got to do with it? Anyone that sucks cocks, male or female, straight or gay, are slightly less than fully human.

  2. Re:Without costing the consumer any more? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If religion can go backwards, why not technology?