CNN: New Internet Speed Record Set

[Evadman]

I just messed my pants. brb.

 

[RedRooster]

What kind of storage device would have that kind of write speed, to be able to catch all that?
I don't understand, as I'm not "with it". What would they have sent all that data from and written it all to, to verify it made it across in one piece?

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: RedRooster
What kind of storage device would have that kind of write speed, to be able to catch all that?
I don't understand, as I'm not "with it". What would they have sent all that data from and written it all to, to verify it made it across in one piece?

Maybe a crap load of RAM for buffering. Special router?

 

[slackerinabox]

Also, in what world does it currently take 15 min to download a DVD via regular broadband? More like 4 or 5 hours...

 

[AkumaX]

5.5Gbits/sec = ~ 685Mbytes/sec?

 

[dabuddha]

now we just need hard drives that are 5 times faster at least.