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You guys have got to read this story about an Australian researcher from the University of Melbourne's Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, that has come up with a way to make broadband 100x faster than today’s standards. The best part? Supposedly it can be done with existing telecommunications networks. Thanks to Andar for the linkage.

Dr Papandriopoulos used complex mathematical modelling and optimisation techniques to develop the idea, which he said can be used with existing telecommunications networks without laying kilometres of expensive fibre optic cabling.
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I don't actually think he has done anything apart from dance around with a formulae or two. But hey, lets hope.
 
Just you watch. All the BS about American internet providers being unable to upgrade due to enormous cost of upgrading hardware and lines will be put to the test when they're told to try this 100x faster internet on existing telecommunications infrastructures.

Lets see what they'll say then.

"oh I'm sorry we can't upgrade because um... because hardwares uhh.. you see.. um.. the gobleydook doesn't quite slip in easily with the combobulator and it causes the thingamajig to derail the flux capacitor."
 
I always try to have something that works before I throw down my press release.
 
GIGANTOID said:
i cant wait to sign up for Comcasts 1Tb down - 512Kb Up tier.
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Being a little generous with the upstream there.
I am holding out for Comcast 1 Tbit/384 Kbit with Powerboost.

Whatever...I just want something better than my 4000/384 now, but thanks to how the system is set up here, Comcast is the only real choice and Verizon FiOS is as close as 1 mile away, but who knows when they will actually get it to my neighborhood.
 
BillLeeLee said:
Comcast is the only real choice and Verizon FiOS is as close as 1 mile away, but who knows when they will actually get it to my neighborhood.
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1. Set up tent is said area
2. Get FiOS in said tent.
3. Run 1 mile WiFi link to house.
4. Keep p2p'ing porn.
 
Azhar said:
Just you watch. All the BS about American internet providers being unable to upgrade due to enormous cost of upgrading hardware and lines will be put to the test when they're told to try this 100x faster internet on existing telecommunications infrastructures.

Lets see what they'll say then.

"oh I'm sorry we can't upgrade because um... because hardwares uhh.. you see.. um.. the gobleydook doesn't quite slip in easily with the combobulator and it causes the thingamajig to derail the flux capacitor."
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Actually, the company to get the patent for this will almost certainly deploy it immediately if it works as its inventor claims.

Think about it: how could a company not jump on the chance to monopolize its market by providing a product 100x better than the competition with virtually no additional costs?

Of course, upload speeds will still be limited due to piracy concerns. And, those not in the service area of the company who happens to be able to afford IP rights to this technology (think Comcast) will be in the dark for a few years.
 
Sweet, now let's hope they can DELIVER this technology to us 100X faster also, rather than 10 years from now?
 
Take with a grain of salt. I heard this same crap a year ago and nothing has come of it yet.

Comcast will undoubtedly be one of the first out of the gate with this if it works. They'd better hope it works, because they're out of bandwidth and fiber is kicking their asses. In my town you can have comcast at 8Mb/768Kb or Fios at 15Mb/2Mb for about the same price. Comcast borks all torrent uploads and a fair number of other web broadcasts. Verizon Fios could care less. They've got more bandwidth than they can sell right now.

I can run 5 computers at home with about 15 active up/down web connections, a torrent, and still play CS with a 15ms ping. It's about 9ms if I shut all the crap off.

Comcast can't touch that.
 
More raw bandwidth sounds great, but latency isn't mentioned anywhere that I can see. Maybe a hybrid system, like satellite-based internet used to be (still is?), of this new raw bandwidth bridged to a cable modem would offer the best of both worlds =]

It's great to get 4megabit down through my LG VX9900, but a few days ago I tried to play Quake3 online (just for kicks) and the 150-400ms instability was awful, but it was raw downstream via DUN so it works well for most web browsing.

I'd like to see some numbers on latency throughout existing networks, if anybody has found them.
 
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