Every household in Finland will have 1Gb connection by 2010...

[eelw]

Overkill. What's the use of have a gigabit connection when you can still only pull stuff down from the Internet at 10Mbps. In 5 years, we will be lucky to be breaking 50Mbps Internet speeds.

 

[Aquaman]

Originally posted by: eelw
Overkill. What's the use of have a gigabit connection when you can still only pull stuff down from the Internet at 10Mbps. In 5 years, we will be lucky to be breaking 50Mbps Internet speeds.

Future proofing

Maybe it will be cheaper to do it now then later

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Wow, Finland with 1GB
Me, in the good old, proud of our technology, US of A with 31.2kbps when I'm lucky, 28.8kbps most of the time.

Uh, they're slightly smaller than Montana, so...

 

[EatSpam]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Wow, Finland with 1GB
Me, in the good old, proud of our technology, US of A with 31.2kbps when I'm lucky, 28.8kbps most of the time.

True true, but who needs Internet access when we have the biggest bombs and the most churches? USA! USA! :thumbsup:

 

[dc]

i could upload so much... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Sixtyfour]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
All 500 houses eh? heh.

:ROFL !

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: BriGy86
doesn't japan already have fiber to the door?

yup... city wide wireless is available in Taipei, Tokyo, Seoul, Kaohsiung, Osaka, and a bunch of other tiny but rediculously futuristic asian countries.

 

[spidey07]

pretty worthless IMHO.

And in all actuality, really, really bad design.

 

[homestarmy]

is it freeeeeeee?

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Wow, Finland with 1GB
Me, in the good old, proud of our technology, US of A with 31.2kbps when I'm lucky, 28.8kbps most of the time.

Uh, they're slightly smaller than Montana, so...

okay, then why can't a state slightly smaller than Montana accomplish this,
Likewise, every other state...

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Mardeth
Well, the 1Gb is the theoretical speed. Actual download speeds will be 80-120MB/sec.

Bleh, weak. Why even bother.

 

[Tylanner]

Neutral bastards

 

[arcenite]

N!gga stole my bandwidth

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Wow, Finland with 1GB
Me, in the good old, proud of our technology, US of A with 31.2kbps when I'm lucky, 28.8kbps most of the time.

Uh, they're slightly smaller than Montana, so...

okay, then why can't a state slightly smaller than Montana accomplish this,
Likewise, every other state...

Age of infrastructure and physical distances.

 

[Ferocious]

Finland was recently found to have the most globally competitive econmy in the world.

Actually it was last year too.

 

[smack Down]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Wow, Finland with 1GB
Me, in the good old, proud of our technology, US of A with 31.2kbps when I'm lucky, 28.8kbps most of the time.

Uh, they're slightly smaller than Montana, so...

okay, then why can't a state slightly smaller than Montana accomplish this,
Likewise, every other state...

Age of infrastructure and physical distances.

Have you ever looked at a map?

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Age of infrastructure and physical distances.

And to add to it, population density.

You can have as much bandwidth as you want wherever you want if you have the money to pay for it. When you can't see your neighbors it's never going to be profitable for the local telco to run fiber for you (unless you eat the costs). Most people can't afford to have dedicated anything laid for them, but if they really wanted it & could afford it they could get whatever they wanted.

Most of the US simply doesn't have the population density to support the new network necessary for broadband. Much of the US can't even get cable TV, much less broadband internet.

There is some tradeoff to having all the land we do. Small islands with millions of people can have 100 MB connections in every home (right here in 2005), we can't.

Viper GTS

 

[TallBill]

I just read a story about a major city in CA(I wanna say LA, but cant remember) getting 300k wifi internet through the entire city. Google put up a bid to make it free with ads for teh whole city, or you could pay a nominal fee to get it ad-free.

 

[Anubis]

holy sh!t at that speed your bottleneck is the HDD write speed :shocked:

 

[Engineer]

<-----

for you....

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Anubis
holy sh!t at that speed your bottleneck is the HDD write speed :shocked:

First off gigabit ethernet has been around for ages & it doesn't take much to keep up with it. Granted no single drive today can keep up with it but it doesn't take much of an array to sustain 125+ MB/sec.

Second, 2010 is a long ways off - HD speeds will probably have long surpassed that.

Consider HD speeds 5 years ago vs today.

Viper GTS

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Wow, Finland with 1GB
Me, in the good old, proud of our technology, US of A with 31.2kbps when I'm lucky, 28.8kbps most of the time.

Lucky. :| I get 21.6... on good days.

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Wow, Finland with 1GB
Me, in the good old, proud of our technology, US of A with 31.2kbps when I'm lucky, 28.8kbps most of the time.

Uh, they're slightly smaller than Montana, so...

okay, then why can't a state slightly smaller than Montana accomplish this,
Likewise, every other state...

Age of infrastructure and physical distances.

At least Verizon, SBC, etc., are trying.... ever heard of FIOS?

Originally posted by: spidey07
pretty worthless IMHO.

And in all actuality, really, really bad design.

Howso?

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
At least Verizon, SBC, etc., are trying.... ever heard of FIOS?

Even that is subject to population density & the likelihood of residents wanting to spend $45 a month on broadband.

They are rolling FIOS out in a few neighborhoods near me (Pittsburgh area), they're all high end neighborhoods. Where I live is certainly densely populated, but Verizon has no plans to bring it here.

Bottom line is the profit potential has to be there.

Viper GTS

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
At least Verizon, SBC, etc., are trying.... ever heard of FIOS?

Even that is subject to population density & the likelihood of residents wanting to spend $45 a month on broadband.

They are rolling FIOS out in a few neighborhoods near me (Pittsburgh area), they're all high end neighborhoods. Where I live is certainly densely populated, but Verizon has no plans to bring it here.

Bottom line is the profit potential has to be there.

Viper GTS

Of course... I wasn't trying to indicate otherwise. When I posted my response, I hadn't seen any of the messages you previously posted about population density, costs, etc (the page sat in a window a for a few minutes before I bothered to read/respond to it).