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ITU Give Consent To New 40Gbps Fiber-to-the-Home Broadband Standard

Posted by timothy on from the not-yet-to-my-home dept.

Mark.JUK writes: The International Telecommunication Union has just granted first-stage approval ("consent") to two new ultrafast Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) optical broadband standards. The first (NG-PON2) will support Internet download speeds of 40Gbps (Gigabits per second) and on top of that the new XGS-PON aims to deliver a symmetric 10Gbps service (same upload and download rate). By comparison, the previous XG-PON standard only ensured an asymmetric speed of 10Gbps download and 2.5Gbps upload. Now all we need is computers, Internet services and Wi-Fi networks that can actually harness such performance in the first place.

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  1. too much speed by Moblaster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nobody needs more than 640kbps.

  2. Wrong. by sims+2 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    First we need ISPs to provide broadband service.

    We can't buy it if they won't sell it.

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  3. Goody gumdrops! by MachineShedFred · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Fantastic! Yet another high-speed standard that will be completely ignored by the telco oligopoly here in the US. At least Europe and Asia will benefit.

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  4. FUCK!! by darkain · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fuck, I just got Gigabit FTTH last week... And now you're telling me it is already outdated and that I need to upgrade to 40gbps!?!? Well SHIT!