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UK Research Aims For 100x Speedup In Fiber-Based Broadband

Posted by timothy on from the such-a-nice-round-number dept.

Mark.JUK writes "The UK governments Minister for Science, David Willetts, has awarded £7.2 million to help support the University of Southampton's newly rebuilt Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) and the development ('Photonics HyperHighway') of new technologies that would be capable of making broadband internet access over fibre optic cables 100 times faster than today." What would you like to do with 100 times your own current network speed?

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  1. Download more and more by SquirrelDeth · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linux iso's.

    1. Re:Download more and more by mangu · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'd rather download better quality Linux isos. I think if I could get 720p Linux isos that would be great, but not every Linux iso is available at that resolution. Some are ripped from VHS and others from TV, I usually avoid those.

  2. Porn. by Grapplebeam · · Score: 3, Funny

    So much porn. I'd be downloading about one hundred times more than I do now.

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  3. With speed like that... by Sam+Rodgers · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would spread the good word that people can increase their endurance with huge savings on enlargment pills!