david.dakota Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 40gig Broadband Connection Unveilled in Sweden Wow. Astonishingly fast. A connection that, apparently will allow you to watch 1,500 High Definition channels, or download a High Def DVD in less than 2seconds.
Cube Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 I was about to blabber on about a load of things until I noticed it was a G and not an M. Wowsers.
Davey_T Posted May 29, 2009 Posted May 29, 2009 This makes me sad that im currently trying to sort out my 8mb connection from being 0.2mb haha. Sick.
Ten10 Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 I'm struggling just to get my 8Mb connection to hit 1 meg. Currently stuck at 876kbps
Blue_Ninja0 Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 Yeah, great, now to find a 40Gb/s capable router/network card... oh wait, they don't exist. (or do they?) Even if they do, that speed is faster than whan your HDD can take. I don't know what's the point of so much speed.
Emasher Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 I don't know what's the point of so much speed. I'd imagine it would be quite beneficial for something like onlive.
Shino Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 Damn, mah men BN already said everything, completely useless. OnLive really is the only thing to gain from this if, you know, our wireless and Ethernet connections weren't 1/40 of this.
McPhee Posted May 31, 2009 Posted May 31, 2009 The point of this much bandwidth is as a simple demo, he's trying to demonstrate that his technology allows for a single line to carry that much data. If ISPs were actually installing this tech they'd likely split that 40Gb/s connection across your whole street or something rather than give it all to a single household. Still, it's not gonna happen. The lines might be able to carry that much data but the ISP's servers wouldn't be able to handle a lot of people with 1Gb/s+ connections, all ISPs would need to vastly upgrade their servers which would result in silly prices for the consumer.
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