07-11-2008, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Oregon Elephant
Current Optical Carriers can have speeds of almost 40 Gbit/s (or downloading speeds of nearly 5 GB/s), of course these (due to prices) are mostly used by companies that need to hork together 10,000 computers for their employees. For a more individual level, you can get Fiber Optics that are over 50 Mbit/s and have downloading speeds of 6.25 MBps (download a 600 MB full movie in a little over a minute and a half).
However, Japan is well past double that speed in most areas.
Speed Matters: High-Speed Internet for All
"In Japan, fiber networks delivering 100 mbps already pass more than 70 percent of the homes in large parts of the country." |
A DS5 carrier only gets 400mb/s. So what connection do you know of that breaks 50Gig/s? You would have to have a repeater every 2 feet to pull that off. |