Europe Is Testing 12.5 Gbps Wireless

Posted by kdawson on Sunday March 15, 2009 @09:01PM from the not-to-be-confused-with-iphone-hack dept.

Lorien_the_first_one brings word that in Europe, a breakthrough for post-4G communications has been announced. A public-private consortium known as IPHOBAC has been developing new communications technology that is near commercialization now. Quoting: "With much of the mobile world yet to migrate to 3G mobile communications, let alone 4G, European researchers are already working on a new technology able to deliver data wirelessly up to 12.5Gb/s. The technology — known as 'millimeter-wave' or microwave photonics — has commercial applications not just in telecommunications (access and in-house networks) but also in instrumentation, radar, security, radio astronomy and other fields."

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fp by Anonymous Coward · 2009-03-15 21:02 · Score: 5, Funny

Im already using it. Its awesome.
Re:Take the stairs? Take the elevator? by Jurily · 2009-03-15 21:22 · Score: 5, Funny

We don't bother with every individual step in between and we get to the same place as the stair-climbers eventually too.
Meanwhile, Japanese are upset because they're getting throttled to 900 Gb upload a month. Awful slow elevator, that. Notice how this was 8 months ago.