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UK Researches Future 10Gbps Broadband Technology

Posted by timothy on from the and-now-from-the-top-down-people dept.

MJackson writes "The UK Technology Strategy Board, an executive non-departmental public body established by the UK Government in 2007 and sponsored by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, has invested £1M into over a dozen research projects for the development of ULTRA Fast up to 10Gbps broadband technologies. The ultimate aim, the development of pan-European Ultra Fast Broadband, could give EU companies a massive competitive advantage on a global scale."

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  1. Um, yeah, hai.. by viyh · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm from the US. Can I at least have 100Mbps to my house please? Kthxbye.

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    1. Re:Um, yeah, hai.. by Finallyjoined!!! · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm from the UK, can I have something better than 1.8Mbps to my house please?

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    2. Re:Um, yeah, hai.. by Hinhule · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm from sweden.

      *points*

      Ha! Ha!

    3. Re:Um, yeah, hai.. by corsec67 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm in Japan, so...
      I would laugh, but my neighbor would complain.

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    4. Re:Um, yeah, hai.. by mehrotra.akash · · Score: 2, Funny

      can i have something above 256Kbps stop crying u all with affordable unlimited x Mbps connections

    5. Re:Um, yeah, hai.. by iYk6 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm from Arkansas. What states are Sweden and Japan in, and what does UK stand for?

    6. Re:Um, yeah, hai.. by Teun · · Score: 3, Funny
      I can't answer all your questions but UK is a landing strip half way to Irak and Japan is between you and North Korea.

      Oh yeah, Sweden is where the ice cream is made by blondes.

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    7. Re:Um, yeah, hai.. by BikeHelmet · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hi! I'm from Canada! We're sitting on top of you.

  2. I'm EXTREMELY excited by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please keep me UPDATED on this TECHNOLOGY. It seems to be very PROMISING. I would be ULTRA happy if I had access to 10Gbps!

    (sorry, I have that disease which makes it IMPOSSIBLE to modulate the volume of my TYPING)

    1. Re:I'm EXTREMELY excited by pipatron · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh, so YOU'RE the one who wrote the script for Beneath a Steel Sky!

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    2. Re:I'm EXTREMELY excited by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Did you know sending messages in ALL CAPS uses more bandwidth? I read that on NetCraft.

  3. Re:10gb, they can barely do 1mb by David+Gerard · · Score: 2, Funny

    Remember BT's catchphrase: "At least we're better than Virgin."

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  4. Here's what I think (HWIT) by mr_lizard13 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I for one (IFO) think that the use of (TUO) a three or four letter acronym (TFLA) makes the post much easier to read (ETR)

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  5. Re:What good is it? by tangent3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    You must be new here.
    Hint: it starts with P and ends with N

  6. Re:What good is it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Popcorn?